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Cribrilinidae
Sign in to saveThe Cribrilinidae family is a part of the suborder Flustrina within the bryozoans. They are characterized by numerous spinose ribs (costae) overarching the frontal membrane of each zooid.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumBryozoa
- ClassGymnolaemata
- OrderCheilostomatida
- FamilyCribrilinidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 72
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Cribrilinidae
- Collections
- YPM, NCSM, ALMNH, USNM, NMV, AM
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Antarctica, Australia, Japan, Mexico, French Southern Territories
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- Cribrilinidae
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- topic's main category
- Category:Cribrilinidae
- Commons category
- Cribrilinidae
- taxon author citation
- Hincks, 1879
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Cribrilinidae family is a part of the suborder Flustrina within the bryozoans. They are characterized by numerous spinose ribs (costae) overarching the frontal membrane of each zooid.
The family was first described by Thomas Hincks in 1879.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cribrilinidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.