Arachnidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Ctenostomatida
Family: Arachnidiidae
Genus: Arachnidium
Species

A. fibrosum Hincks, 1880[1]

Arachnidium are a genus of colonial ctenostome bryozoans. They lack a calcified cuticle and form dense encrusting colonies on barnacles or other shelled organisms. Individual zooids are roughly 150 microns in size, have a lophophore with about 13 tentacles, and have about 10 to 11 connections to other zooids in the colony.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Schwaha, Thomas; De Blauwe, Hans (December 2020). "Morphology of ctenostome bryozoans: 1. Arachnidium fibrosum". Journal of Morphology. 281 (12): 1598–1606. doi:10.1002/jmor.21275. PMC 7756562. PMID 33009880. S2CID 222159067.


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