Kingdom Animalia Class Stenolaemata | Phylum Bryozoa Rank Order | |
Similar Trepostomata, Stenolaemata, Constellaria, Ctenostomata, Gymnolaemata | ||
Cystoporata is an extinct order of Paleozoic bryozoans. Their fossils are found from Ordovician to Permian strata.
All cystoporatan bryozoan genera (around 50 or so) have a "cystopore," a chamber-like supporting structure, separated from each other by transverse septa, situated between the characteristically elongated zooecias of each individual colony.
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