Inversiulidae
| Inversiulidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Superfamily: | Adeonoidea |
| Family: | Vigneaux, 1949 |
| Genera[1] | |
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Inversiulidae is a family of bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida.
Description
Colonies are often encrusting sheets on shells or rocks. The zooids are characterised by having an operculum that opens in the opposite way to other cheilostome genera; i.e. the hinge is located at the 'top' (towards the growing edge) of the zooid.
Classification
This family includes the following genera:[1]
- Inversiula Jullien, 1888
- Parainversiula López-Gappa, Ezcurra, Schwaha & Pérez, 2023
References
- ^ a b Bock P (ed.). "Inversiulidae Vigneaux, 1949". World list of Bryozoa. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 June 2025.