''Chartella'' is a genus of
bryozoans
Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic animal, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary Colony (biology), colonies. Typically about long, they have a spe ...
belonging to the family
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 calci ...
.
The genus has almost
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 en ...
.
Species:
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Chartella elongata''
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Chartella notialis''
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Chartella papyracea''
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Chartella papyrea''
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Chartella tenella''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q6579265
Bryozoan genera