''Cryptosula'' is a genus of
bryozoa
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 l ...
ns 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 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 world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
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Cryptosula cylindrica''
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Cryptosula okadai''
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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 ...
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Cryptosula reticulata''
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Cryptosula terebrata''
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Cryptosula zavjalovensis''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q6578968
Bryozoan genera
Cheilostomatida