Malacostegina
Temporal range:
"Electra posidoniae" on "Posidonia oceanica", Sardinia, Italy
Electra posidoniae on Posidonia oceanica, Sardinia, Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Cheilostomatida
Suborder: Malacostegina
Levinsen, 1902

Malacostegina is a sub-order of marine, colonial bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida.[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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Appeltans, Ward (2013). "Malacostegina". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  2. ↑ Almeida, Ana C. S.; Souza, Facelucia B. C.; Vieira, Leandro M. (2018). "Malacostegine bryozoans (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from Bahia State, northeast Brazil: Taxonomy and non-indigenous species". Marine Biodiversity. 48 (3): 1463–1488. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0639-x. S2CID 25406631.


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