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Ctenostomata

bryozoan order

Also known as: ctenostome

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annotated classification

In moss animal: Annotated classification
Order CtenostomataZooids cylindrical to flat; walls not calcified; orifice terminal or nearly so, often closed by a pleated collar; no ooecia or avicularia; Jurassic to present, but presumed older; about 20 families, 250 species.Order CheilostomataZooids generally shaped like a flat box, walls calcified;…
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fossil record

In moss animal: Evolution and paleontology
The ctenostomes (class Gymnolaemata) have left a sparse fossil record. During the Late Jurassic Period they apparently gave rise to the complex and successful cheilostomes. The early cheilostomes had encrusting flat zooids similar to some of their contemporary ctenostomes, but with side walls that were calcified.…
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