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Lichenopora Echinata
''Lichenopora'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Lichenoporidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Lichenopora aldingensis'' *''Lichenopora annularis'' *''Lichenopora australis'' *''Lichenopora bassleri'' *''Lichenopora betsibokensis'' *''Lichenopora boletiformis'' *''Lichenopora bueltenensis'' *''Lichenopora burdigalensis'' *''Lichenopora butzmanni'' *''Lichenopora californica'' *''Lichenopora canui'' *''Lichenopora castanyi'' *''Lichenopora cavernosa'' *''Lichenopora cochloidea'' *''Lichenopora conica'' *''Lichenopora convergens'' *''Lichenopora convexa'' *''Lichenopora costata'' *''Lichenopora cribraria'' *''Lichenopora cyatiformis'' *''Lichenopora davidi'' *''Lichenopora defranciana'' *''Lichenopora depressa'' *''Lichenopora diadema'' *''Lichenopora discoplanata'' *''Lichenopora elegantissima'' *''Lichenopora elliptica'' *''Lichenopora erecta'' *''Lichenopora falunica'' *''Lichenopora fasciculifera'' *''Lichenopo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
