Victorelloidea is a superfamily of
bryozoa
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ns belonging to the order
Ctenostomatida.
It is the only superfamily in its
monotypic
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suborder, Victorellina.
The following families are accepted within the superfamily, according to the
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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:
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Aethozoidae d'Hondt, 1983
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Immergentiidae Silén, 1946
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Nolellidae Harmer, 1915
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Sundanellidae Jebram, 1973
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Victorellidae Hincks, 1880
References
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Ctenostomatida