Cyclostomatida

This article is about an order of bryozoan invertebrates. For the superclass of jawless fish, see Cyclostomi.

Cyclostomatida
Temporal range: Lower Ordovician–Recent
Tubulipora flabellaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cyclostomatida
Subgroups

See List of Cyclostomatida families.

Cyclostomatida, or cyclostomata (also known as cyclostomes), are an ancient order of stenolaemate bryozoans which first appeared in the Lower Ordovician. [1] It consists of 7+ suborders, 59+ families, 373+ genera, and 666+ species. The cyclostome bryozoans were dominant in the Mesozoic; since that era, they have decreased. Currently, cyclostomes seldom constitute more than 20% of the species recorded in regional bryozoan faunas.

  1. ^ "World Register of Marine Species". Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 10 October 2021.