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Flustra Pedunculata
''Flustra'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Flustridae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Species Many formerly included species have been moved to different taxa. The following species are currently recognised: *''Flustra anguloavicularis'' *''Flustra digitata'' Packard, 1867 *''Flustra foliacea'' *''Flustra italica'' Spallanzani, 1801 *''Flustra nordenskjoldi ''Flustra'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Flustridae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Species Many formerly included species have been moved to different taxa. The following species are currently recognised: *''Fl ...'' Kluge, 1929 *'' Flustra pedunculata'' (Busk, 1884) *'' Flustra separata'' Waters, 1888 *† '' Flustra sexagona'' Mokrinskiji, 1916 Additionally, it contains these currently disputed taxa: * † ''Flustra arenosa'' Ellis & Solander, 1786 * ''Flustra bombycina'' Ellis & Solander, 1786 * ''Flustra ceranoides'' Lamouroux, 1816 * † ''Flustra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flustridae
Flustridae is a family of bryozoans in the suborder Flustrina Flustrina is a suborder under the order Cheilostomatida of gymnolaematan Bryozoa (sea mats). The structure of the individual zooids is generally simple, a box-like chamber of calcium carbonate, the polypides reaching out through an uncalcified .... References External links * * Cheilostomatida Bryozoan families {{bryozoan-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmopolitan Distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and environmental conditions, though this is not always so. Killer whales ( orcas) are among the most well-known cosmopolitan species on the planet, as they maintain several different resident and transient (migratory) populations in every major oceanic body on Earth, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica and every coastal and open-water region in-between. Such a taxon (usually a species) is said to have a ''cosmopolitan'' distribution, or exhibit cosmopolitanism, as a species; another example, the rock dove (commonly referred to as a ' pigeon'), in addition to having been bred domestically for centuries, now occurs in most urban areas around the world. The extreme opposite of a cosmopolitan species is an endemic (native) species, or one foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flustra Anguloavicularis
''Flustra'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Flustridae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Species Many formerly included species have been moved to different taxa. The following species are currently recognised: *'' Flustra anguloavicularis'' *'' Flustra digitata'' Packard, 1867 *''Flustra foliacea ''Flustra foliacea'' is a species of bryozoans found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is a colonial animal that is frequently mistaken for a seaweed. Colonies begin as encrusting mats, and only produce loose fronds after their first year of gr ...'' *'' Flustra italica'' Spallanzani, 1801 *'' Flustra nordenskjoldi'' Kluge, 1929 *'' Flustra pedunculata'' (Busk, 1884) *'' Flustra separata'' Waters, 1888 *† '' Flustra sexagona'' Mokrinskiji, 1916 Additionally, it contains these currently disputed taxa: * † ''Flustra arenosa'' Ellis & Solander, 1786 * ''Flustra bombycina'' Ellis & Solander, 1786 * ''Flustra ceranoides'' Lamouroux, 1816 * † ''Flus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flustra Foliacea
''Flustra foliacea'' is a species of bryozoans found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is a colonial animal that is frequently mistaken for a seaweed. Colonies begin as encrusting mats, and only produce loose fronds after their first year of growth. They may reach long, and smell like lemons. Its microscopic structure was examined by Robert Hooke and illustrated in his 1665 work ''Micrographia''. Taxonomic history ''Flustra foliacea'' was studied as early as 1665, when Robert Hooke published observations of various organisms and materials made with an early microscope. It was first given a binomial name in 1758, when Carl Linnaeus included it in the 10th edition of his ' as ''Eschara foliacea''. In later publications, Linnaeus divided bryozoans into more than one genus, and so the species came to be called ''Flustra foliacea''. It is the type species of the genus '' Flustra''. Description ''Flustra foliacea'' is often mistaken for a seaweed, but is actually a colony of animal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flustra Italica
''Flustra'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Flustridae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Species Many formerly included species have been moved to different taxa. The following species are currently recognised: *''Flustra anguloavicularis'' *''Flustra digitata'' Packard, 1867 *''Flustra foliacea ''Flustra foliacea'' is a species of bryozoans found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is a colonial animal that is frequently mistaken for a seaweed. Colonies begin as encrusting mats, and only produce loose fronds after their first year of gr ...'' *'' Flustra italica'' Spallanzani, 1801 *'' Flustra nordenskjoldi'' Kluge, 1929 *'' Flustra pedunculata'' (Busk, 1884) *'' Flustra separata'' Waters, 1888 *† '' Flustra sexagona'' Mokrinskiji, 1916 Additionally, it contains these currently disputed taxa: * † ''Flustra arenosa'' Ellis & Solander, 1786 * ''Flustra bombycina'' Ellis & Solander, 1786 * ''Flustra ceranoides'' Lamouroux, 1816 * † ''Flustr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flustra Sexagona
''Flustra'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Flustridae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Species Many formerly included species have been moved to different taxa. The following species are currently recognised: *''Flustra anguloavicularis'' *''Flustra digitata'' Packard, 1867 *''Flustra foliacea'' *''Flustra italica'' Spallanzani, 1801 *''Flustra nordenskjoldi'' Kluge, 1929 *''Flustra pedunculata'' (Busk, 1884) *''Flustra separata ''Flustra'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Flustridae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Species Many formerly included species have been moved to different taxa. The following species are currently recognised: *''Fl ...'' Waters, 1888 *† '' Flustra sexagona'' Mokrinskiji, 1916 Additionally, it contains these currently disputed taxa: * † ''Flustra arenosa'' Ellis & Solander, 1786 * ''Flustra bombycina'' Ellis & Solander, 1786 * ''Flustra ceranoides'' Lamouroux, 1816 * † ''Flustra duv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheilostomatida
Cheilostomatida, also called Cheilostomata, is an order of Bryozoa in the class Gymnolaemata. They are exclusively marine, colonial invertebrate animals. Cheilostome colonies are composed of calcium carbonate and grow on a variety of surfaces, including rocks, shells, seagrass and kelps. The colony shapes range from simple encrusting sheets to erect branching and even unattached forms. As in other bryozoan groups, each colony is composed of a few to thousands of individual polypides. Each individual has a U-shaped gut, and no respiratory or circulatory system. Unique among bryozoans, cheilostome polypides are housed in a box-shaped zooids, which do not grow larger once the zooid is mature. The opening through which the polypide protrudes is protected by a calcareous or chitinous lidlike structure, an operculum. Cheilostomes possess avicularia, which have modified the operculum into a range of mandibles (possibly for defense) or hair-like setae (possibly for cleaning). The che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
