Major Subgroups of
Bryozoa
Class:
Gymnolaemata
Geological
Range: Ordovician
- Recent
Description:
Marine,
occasionally brackish or freshwater bryozoans. Sometimes calcified.
Zooids box shaped or may form short cylinders. Zooids are connected
by a furnicular network. Lopophore extended outward from the orifice
of the zooid by muscular deformation of part of the zooid body.
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Author: Luke Mander
Last updated: 20.11.05
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