Biology:Crassaluna
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Short description: Extinct genus of bryozoan
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Stenolaemata |
| Order: | †Cystoporida |
| Family: | †Anolotichiidae |
| Genus: | †Crassaluna Utgaard, 1968 |
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Crassaluna is an extinct genus of cystoporate bryozoan of the family Anolotichiidae, known from the Ordovician period. It had an encrusting growth habit or, in the case of C. fungiforme, formed cup-shaped colonies. Its colonies possessed a vesicular skeleton and monticules. Its cyst-like interzooecial spaces are a distinguishing feature.[2]
Species
- (Ernst and Key, 2007) (Ulrich, 1890)
- Crassaluna cystata Crassaluna epidermata
- (Conti, 1990) Crassaluna fungiforme
References
- ↑ "Crassaluna". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1373146.
- ↑ Ernst, Andrej; Key, Marcus (2007). "Upper Ordovician Bryozoa from the Montagne de Noire, Southern France". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 (4): 365. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002155.
Wikidata ☰ Q107268241 entry
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