Major Subgroups of
Bryozoa
Class:
Gymnolaemata
Order:
Ctenostomata
Geological
Range: Ordovician
- Recent
Description:
Zooids
uncalcified, walls membranous or gelatinous, lacking ovicells.
Bowerbankia is member of this order. The photo below
shows a colony of Bowerbankia gracilis. Note
individual zooids have extended their lophophores for feeding.
Photo by J. Winston, courtesy of Smithsonian Marine
Station,
Fort Pierce, FL.
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Author: Luke Mander
Last updated: 20.11.05
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