Conopeum Antipodum
''Conopeum'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Electridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Selected species: * ''Conopeum aciculatum'' (MacGillivray, 1891) * '' Conopeum antipodum'' Gordon, Sutherland, Perez, Waeschenbach, Taylor & Di Martino, 2020 * ''Conopeum seurati ''Conopeum seurati'' is a species of colonial bryozoan in the order Cheilostomatida. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. This species has been introduced to New Zealand and Florida. Descript ...'' (Canu, 1928) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6579496 Cheilostomatida Bryozoan genera ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bryozoans
Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. Typically about long, they have a special feeding structure called a lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles used for filter feeding. Most marine bryozoans live in tropical waters, but a few are found in oceanic trenches and polar waters. The bryozoans are classified as the marine bryozoans (Stenolaemata), freshwater bryozoans (Phylactolaemata), and mostly-marine bryozoans (Gymnolaemata), a few members of which prefer brackish water. 5,869living species are known. At least two genera are solitary (''Aethozooides'' and ''Monobryozoon''); the rest are colonial. The terms Polyzoa and Bryozoa were introduced in 1830 and 1831, respectively. Soon after it was named, another group of animals was discovered whose filtering mechanism looked similar, so it was included in Bryozoa until 1869, when the two groups were n ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Electridae
Electridae is a family of bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera: *'' Arbocuspis'' Nikulina, 2010 *'' Arbopercula'' Nikulina, 2010 *'' Aspidelectra'' Levinsen, 1909 *'' Bathypora'' MacGillivray, 1885 *''Charixa'' Lang, 1915 *''Conopeum'' Gray, 1848 **''Conopeum seurati'' *'' Einhornia'' Nikulina, 2007 *'' Electra'' Lamouroux, 1816 **'' Electra pilosa'' **'' Electra posidoniae'' *'' Gontarella'' Grischenko, Taylor & Mawatari, 2002 *'' Harpecia'' Gordon, 1982 *'' Lapidosella'' Gontar, 2010 *'' Mychoplectra'' Gordon & Parker, 1991 *'' Osburnea'' Nikulina, 2010 *''Pyripora ''Pyripora'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Electridae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the w ...'' d'Orbigny, 1849 *'' Tarsocryptus'' Tilbrook, 2011 *'' Villicharixa'' Gordon, 1989 Referenc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cosmopolitan Distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The extreme opposite of a cosmopolitan species is an endemic one, being found only in a single geographical location. Qualification The caveat “in appropriate habitat” is used to qualify the term "cosmopolitan distribution", excluding in most instances polar regions, extreme altitudes, oceans, deserts, or small, isolated islands. For example, the housefly is highly cosmopolitan, yet is neither oceanic nor polar in its distribution. Related terms and concepts The term pandemism also is in use, but not all authors are consistent in the sense in which they use the term; some speak of pandemism mainly in referring to diseases and pandemics, and some as a term intermediate between endemism and cosmopolitanism, in effect regarding pandemism as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Conopeum Aciculatum
''Conopeum'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Electridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Selected species: * '' Conopeum aciculatum'' (MacGillivray, 1891) * '' Conopeum antipodum'' Gordon, Sutherland, Perez, Waeschenbach, Taylor & Di Martino, 2020 * ''Conopeum seurati ''Conopeum seurati'' is a species of colonial bryozoan in the order Cheilostomatida. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. This species has been introduced to New Zealand and Florida. Descript ...'' (Canu, 1928) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6579496 Cheilostomatida Bryozoan genera ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Conopeum Antipodum
''Conopeum'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Electridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Selected species: * ''Conopeum aciculatum'' (MacGillivray, 1891) * '' Conopeum antipodum'' Gordon, Sutherland, Perez, Waeschenbach, Taylor & Di Martino, 2020 * ''Conopeum seurati ''Conopeum seurati'' is a species of colonial bryozoan in the order Cheilostomatida. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. This species has been introduced to New Zealand and Florida. Descript ...'' (Canu, 1928) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6579496 Cheilostomatida Bryozoan genera ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Conopeum Seurati
''Conopeum seurati'' is a species of colonial bryozoan in the order Cheilostomatida. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. This species has been introduced to New Zealand and Florida. Description ''Conopeum seurati'' is an encrusting bryozoan that forms small colonies on seagrasses, shells and other hard surfaces. When a larva of ''Conopeum seurati'' settles on a suitable surface, it undergoes metamorphosis into a zooid known as an ancestrula. This is oval in shape and measures about . The ancestrula buds to produce another zooid which has a pair of long spines at the distal end and sometimes a further three to five pairs of thin spines at the sides. Further asexual reproduction takes place, with each zooid producing several buds until there is a small, roughly circular encrusting cluster of zooids, white or brownish-white in colour, with the ancestrula at the centre. On flat surfaces the colony is regular and lacy in appearanc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cheilostomatida
Cheilostomatida, also called Cheilostomata, is an order of Bryozoa in the class Gymnolaemata. They are exclusively marine, colonial invertebrate animals. Cheilostome colonies are composed of calcium carbonate and grow on a variety of surfaces, including rocks, shells, seagrass and kelps. The colony shapes range from simple encrusting sheets to erect branching and even unattached forms. As in other bryozoan groups, each colony is composed of a few to thousands of individual polypides. Each individual has a U-shaped gut, and no respiratory, circulatory, or nerve system. Unique among bryozoans, cheilostome polypides are housed in a box-shaped zooids, which do not grow larger once the zooid is mature. The opening through which the polypide protrudes is protected by a calcareous or chitinous lidlike structure, an operculum. Cheilostomes possess avicularia, which have modified the operculum into a range of mandibles (possibly for defense) or hair-like setae (possibly for cleaning). ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |