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Stenolaemata
Sign in to saveStenolaemata are a class of exclusively marine bryozoans. Stenolaemates originated and diversified in the Ordovician, and more than 600 species are still alive today. All extant (living) species are in the order Cyclostomatida, the third-largest order of living bryozoans.
Species
narrow throat bryozoans
CLASS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumBryozoa
- ClassStenolaemata
窄唇綱（學名：Stenolaemata），又名狹唇綱，是外肛動物門下的一個綱。其下共有7個目，其中除了環口目外其他目皆已絕滅。現生種如管孔蟲（Tubulipora）、櫛苔蟲（Crisia）等。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 252
- With media
- 10
- Collections
- PRI, LACM, SDNHM, NHMUK, FMNH, ALMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, Oman
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Stenolaemata are a class of exclusively marine bryozoans. Stenolaemates originated and diversified in the Ordovician, and more than 600 species are still alive today. All extant (living) species are in the order Cyclostomatida, the third-largest order of living bryozoans.
These animals are stationary suspension feeders that live on the ocean floor. They formed colonies with robust, calcified exoskeletons, allowing for a high potential for fossil preservation. The individual zooids in the colony may be tubular, conical, or sac-shaped. Each individual, or zooid, may extend from the colony at an angle, extending its tentacles to feed. The fossil genus Batostoma in the order Trepostomatida existed in monticular colonies.
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