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[1]
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.[2]

Species[edit]

The following species are included in the genus by the World Register of Marine Species:-[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2014). "Alcyonidium". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ Micro- and macrogeographic genetic structure in bryozoans with different larval strategies