Cryptosulidae

	Cryptosulidae Cryptosulidae is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order 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, .... Genera: * '' Cryptosula'' Canu & Bassler, 1925 * '' Cryptosula'' Vigneaux, 1949 * '' Harmeria'' Norman, 1903 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6578954 Bryozoan families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cryptosula ''Cryptosula'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Cryptosulidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: '' Cryptosula cylindrica'' '' Cryptosula okadai'' ''Cryptosula pallasiana ''Cryptosula pallasiana'' is a species of colonial bryozoan in the order Cheilostomatida. It is native to the Atlantic Ocean where it occurs in northwestern Europe and northern Africa, and the eastern seaboard of North America. It has been accid ...'' '' Cryptosula reticulata'' '' Cryptosula terebrata'' '' Cryptosula zavjalovensis'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6578968 Bryozoan genera Cheilostomatida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Harmeria ''Harmeria'' is a monotypic genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Cryptosulidae Cryptosulidae is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order Cheilostomatida Cheilostomatida, also called Cheilostomata, is an order of Bryozoa in the class Gymnolaemata. They are exclusively marine, colonial invertebrate animals. Cheilost .... The only species is ''Harmeria scutulata''. The species is found in Northern Europe, Northern America, southernmost Southern America. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q38806994, from2=Q6406110 Cheilostomatida Bryozoan genera Monotypic bryozoan genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cryptosula Pallasiana ''Cryptosula pallasiana'' is a species of colonial bryozoan in the order Cheilostomatida. It is native to the Atlantic Ocean where it occurs in northwestern Europe and northern Africa, and the eastern seaboard of North America. It has been accidentally introduced to the western coast of North America and to other parts of the world. Description ''Cryptosula pallasiana'' is an encrusting colonial bryozoan with colonies growing to roughly circular patches with diameters of a few centimetres. Each colony consists of a number of individual organisms called zooids. Each zooid lies in a rigid rectangular box called a zooecium up to long and wide. These are fitted together in a regular pattern, radiating out from the position in which the founding zooid settled to start the colony, each daughter zooid's head being further away from the centre of the colony than its foot. The upper surface of the zooecium has an opening called the aperture at the head end, and through this the zooid's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]
	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]