Order

Cheilostomatida (Cheilostomatid bryozoans)

Dendrobeania lichenoides. Photo: (c) Karen L. Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cheilostomata (accepted name Cheilostomatida), an order of Bryozoa in the class Gymnolaemata, 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, which has a U-shaped gut, and…

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Subtaxa

Suborder: Flustrina

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