Malacostegina

Malacostegina
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
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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