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Gymnolaemata
class of bryozoans
Also known as: gymnolaemate
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annotated classification
- In moss animal: Annotated classification
Class GymnolaemataZooids cylindrical or squat, with a circular lophophore; no epistome; body wall sometimes calcified; nonmuscular; eversion of lophophore dependent on deformation of body wall by extrinsic muscles; zooids separated by septa or duplex walls; pores in walls plugged with tissue; new zooids produced behind…
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reproduction
- In moss animal: Budding
In the gymnolaemates, in which the zooids frequently are flattened, budding occurs as transverse septa form and cut off parts of the primary zooid (or any other parent zooid). As each bud enlarges to become a zooid, a polypide forms inside. In the order Cheilostomata, budding usually…
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