Electridae is a

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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 ...

ns in 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

The

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lists the following genera: *'' Arbocuspis'' Nikulina, 2010 *'' Arbopercula'' Nikulina, 2010 *'' Aspidelectra'' Levinsen, 1909 *'' Bathypora'' MacGillivray, 1885 *''

Charixa ''Charixa'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Electridae. Extant species of this genus are found in Northern America. Species: * '' Charixa bispinata'' Martha, Taylor & Rader, 2019 * '' Charixa burdonaria'' Taylor, Lazo & Aguirre ...

'' Lang, 1915 *''

Conopeum ''Conopeum'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Electridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world ...

'' Gray, 1848 **''

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. Descripti ...

'' *'' 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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6578943 Cheilostomatida Bryozoan families