The Catenicellidae are a family of
bryozoa
Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. Typically about long, they have a special feeding structure called a l ...
ns in the suborder
Ascophora
Ascophora is an infraorder under order Cheilostomatida of the Bryozoa.
They are now considered a synonym of Flustrina.
Ascophorans are distinguished from other cheilostomes in having a completely calcified wall covering their frontal surface ...
.
Genera include:
[Bock, P. (2014)]
Catenicellidae Busk, 1852.
''In'': Bock, P. and D. Gordon. (2014). World List of Bryozoa. World Register of Marine Species.
* ''
Bryosartor''
* ''
Calpidium''
* ''
Catenicella''
* ''
Claviporella''
* ''
Cornuticella''
* ''
Cornuticellina''
* ''
Costaticella''
* ''
Cribricellina''
* ''
Orthoscuticella''
* ''
Paracribricellina''
* ''
Plagiopora''
* ''
Pterocella''
* ''
Scalicella''
* ''
Scuticella''
* ''
Strongylopora''
* ''
Strophipora''
* ''
Talivittaticella''
* ''
Terminocella''
* ''
Vasignyella''
References
Bryozoan families
Cheilostomatida
Extant Late Cretaceous first appearances
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