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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Ctenostomatida |
| Family: | Arachnidiidae |
| Genus: | Arachnidium |
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A. fibrosum Hincks, 1880 | |
Arachnidium are a genus of colonial ctenostome bryozoans. They lack a calcified cuticle and form dense encrusting colonies on barnacles or other shelled organisms. Individual zooids are roughly 150 microns in size, have a lophophore with about 13 tentacles, and have about 10 to 11 connections to other zooids in the colony.
References
- ^ Schwaha, Thomas; De Blauwe, Hans (December 2020). "Morphology of ctenostome bryozoans: 1. Arachnidium fibrosum". Journal of Morphology. 281 (12): 1598–1606. doi:10.1002/jmor.21275. PMC 7756562. PMID 33009880. S2CID 222159067.
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