Crassaluna
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cystoporida
Family: Anolotichiidae
Genus: Crassaluna
Utgaard, 1968
Species[1]

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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

  • Crassaluna epidermata (Ulrich, 1890)
  • Crassaluna cystata (Conti, 1990)
  • Crassaluna fungiforme (Ernst and Key, 2007)

References

  1. "Crassaluna". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. 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. S2CID 85115257.


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