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Bryozoa

Moss Animals, Sea Mats, Ectoprocts

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Classification after McKinney & Jackson 1989.
Containing group: Bilateria

Other Names for Bryozoa

References

Boardman, R. S. 1998. Reflections on the morphology, anatomy, evolution, and classification of the Class Stenolaemata (Bryozoa). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 86:1–60.

Jablonski, D., S. Lidgard, and P. D. Taylor. 1997. Comparative ecology of bryozoan radiations: Origin of novelties in cyclostomes and cheilostomes. Palaios 12:505-523.

McKinney, F. K. and J. B. C. Jackson. 1989. Bryozoan Evolution. Unwin Hyman, Boston.

McKinney, F. K., S. Lidgard, J. J. Sepkoski, and P. D. Taylor. 1998. Decoupled temporal patterns of evolution and ecology in two post-Paleozoic clades. Science 281:807-809.

Ryland, J. S. 2005. Bryozoa: an introductory overview. Pages 9-20 in: Moostiere (Bryozoa). E. R. Wöss, ed., vol. 16.

Taylor, P. D. and M. J. Weedon. 2000. Skeletal ultrastructure and phylogeny of cyclostome bryozoans. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128:37-399.

Information on the Internet

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Scientific Name Flustra
Reference Ernst Haeckel''s Kunstformen der Natur published 1899-1904 by Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig and Vienna.
Body Part Skeleton of a colony
Source Collection BioLib Online Library of Biological Books
Scientific Name Lophophus crystallinus
Reference Ernst Haeckel''s Kunstformen der Natur published 1899-1904 by Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig and Vienna.
Body Part Young colony consisting of five zooids.
Source Collection BioLib Online Library of Biological Books
Scientific Name Cristatella mucedo
Comments Colonies of this species can creep through the water.
Reference Ernst Haeckel''s Kunstformen der Natur published 1899-1904 by Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig and Vienna.
Source Collection BioLib Online Library of Biological Books
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