Ectoprocta: Class Phylactolaemata

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Encyclopedia—Ectoprocta

Class Phylactolaemata

Exclusively freshwater animals having chitinous or gelatinous zooids with circular or horseshoe-shaped lophophores and well-developed body wall musculature. They produce characteristic resting bodies called statoblasts, which can survive cold and drying and germinate to found a new colony.

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Introduction
Class Phylactolaemata
Class Stenolaemata
Class Gymnolaemata

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