Biology:Onychocellidae

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Short description: Family of bryozoans

Onychocellidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Cheilostomatida
Family: Onychocellidae

Onychocellidae is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order Cheilostomatida.[1]

Many different descendant species across the world resemble this extinct family. Some examples are N. clarkei and N. cribiforma which can be found in Australia,[2] Floridina stellata and Onychocella ariyalurensis in Southern India,[3] and Onychocella rowei and Onychocella mimosa in Belarus.[4] While this family is extinct, it evolved to form new species that are all over the world and continue to resemble it.

Genera

Genera:[1]

  • Aechmella Canu & Bassler, 1917
  • Aechmellina Taylor, Martha & Gordon, 2018
  • Cheethamia Shaw, 1967

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Onychocellidae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/5829. 
  2. Sonar, Mohan A.; Kadu, Gaurav K.; Wayal, Dnyaneshwar V. (1 April 2023). "Onychocellidae (Bryozoa) from the Maastrichtian Kallankurichchi Formation, Ariyalur Group, southern India". Cretaceous Research 144: 105432. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105432. 
  3. Schmidt, Rolf; Bone, Yvonne (1 January 2004). "Australian Cainozoic Bryozoa, 1: Nudicella gen. nov. (Onychocellidae, Cheilostomata): taxonomy, palaeoenvironments and biogeography". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 28 (1): 185–203. doi:10.1080/03115510408619281. 
  4. Koromyslova, A. V. (1 May 2014). "Morphological features and systematic position of the bryozoans Onychocella rowei and O. mimosa (Cheilostomata) from a Campanian erratic block (Belarus)". Paleontological Journal 48 (3): 275–286. doi:10.1134/s0031030114030137. 

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