Malacostegina

Malacostegina
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Lophophorata
Phylum:Bryozoa
Class:Gymnolaemata
Order:Cheilostomata
Suborder:Malacostegina
Levinsen, 1902

Malacostegina is a sub-order of marine, colonial bryozoans in the order Cheilostomata.[1] The structure of the individual zooids is generally simple, with an uncalcified, flexible frontal wall. This sub-order includes the earliest known cheilostome, in the genus Pyriporopsis (Electridae).

The genus Christinella is currently incertae sedis within the Malacostegina.

References

  1. ↑ Appeltans, Ward (2013). "Malacostegina". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-04-05.


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