Malacostegina
| Malacostegina Temporal range: | |
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| Electra posidoniae on Posidonia oceanica, Sardinia, Italy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Suborder: | Malacostegina Levinsen, 1902 |
Malacostegina is a sub-order of marine, colonial bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida.[1] The structure of the individual zooids is generally simple, with an uncalcified, flexible frontal wall. This sub-order includes the earliest known cheilostome, in the genus Pyriporopsis (Electridae).
The genus Christinella is currently incertae sedis within the Malacostegina.[2]
References
- ^ Appeltans, Ward (2013). "Malacostegina". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Almeida, Ana C. S.; Souza, Facelucia B. C.; Vieira, Leandro M. (2018). "Malacostegine bryozoans (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from Bahia State, northeast Brazil: Taxonomy and non-indigenous species". Marine Biodiversity. 48 (3): 1463–1488. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0639-x. S2CID 25406631.