Cyclostomata

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Cyclostomata

moss animal

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moss animal
Annotated classification
Order CyclostomataOrifice of zooid circular; lophophore circular; no epistome; zooids interconnected by open pores; sexual reproduction involves polyembryony, usually in special reproductive zooids; all seas; Ordovician to present; about 250 genera.Order CystoporataZooid skeletons long and tubular, interconnected by pores and containing diaphragms
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Order CyclostomataOrifice of zooid circular; lophophore circular; no epistome; zooids interconnected by open pores; sexual reproduction involves polyembryony, usually in special reproductive zooids; all seas; Ordovician to present; about 250 genera.Order CystoporataZooid skeletons long and tubular, interconnected by pores and containing diaphragms
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moss animal
Evolution and paleontology
The Cyclostomata arose in the Paleozoic, flourished during the Jurassic (about 200 million to 146 million years ago) and Lower Cretaceous, and still survive.
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The Cyclostomata arose in the Paleozoic, flourished during the Jurassic (about 200 million to 146 million years ago) and Lower Cretaceous, and still survive.
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stenolaemate
…make up the class, the Cyclostomata, is represented by living species; all members of the other three orders (Cystoporata, Trepostomata, and Cryptostomata) are now extinct. The stenolaemates are the oldest of all the bryozoans and date from the Early Ordovician Epoch (505 to 478 million years ago) on. The individuals…
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…make up the class, the Cyclostomata, is represented by living species; all members of the other three orders (Cystoporata, Trepostomata, and Cryptostomata) are now extinct. The stenolaemates are the oldest of all the bryozoans and date from the Early Ordovician Epoch (505 to 478 million years ago) on. The individuals…
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