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Alcyonidium (bryozoan)

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Alcyonidium
Alcyonidium gelatinosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Ctenostomatida
Family: Alcyonidiidae
Genus: Alcyonidium
J.V.F. Lamouroux, 1813
Species

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Alcyonidium is a genus of bryozoans in the order Ctenostomatida. The genus have both species with planktotrophic (feeding) larvae and short-lived lecithotrophic (non-feeding) larvae.

Species

The following species are included in the genus by the World Register of Marine Species:-


References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2014). "Alcyonidium". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. Porter, J.S; Ryland, J.S; Carvalho, G.R (2002). "Micro- and macrogeographic genetic structure in bryozoans with different larval strategies". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 272 (2): 119–130. Bibcode:2002JEMBE.272..119P. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00042-4.
Taxon identifiers
Alcyonidium


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