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Stenopora

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Stenopora
Temporal range: 457.5–221.5 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Trepostomida
Family: Stenoporidae
Genus: Stenopora
Lonsdale, 1844
Type species
Stenopora tasmaniensis[1]
Lonsdale, 1844

Stenopora is an extinct genus of bryozoans first described in 1845, using material collected by Charles Darwin. Its colonies can be branching, frondescent, encrusting, or massive, and shapes display variation even within single colonies. Diaphragms are absent and acanthostyles of uniform size surround its zooecial apertures. [2]

References

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  1. ^ "Stenopora". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ Reid, Catherine M. (2021). "A redescription of Stenopora and the type species Stenopora tasmaniensis Lonsdale, 1844 (Trepostomata, Bryozoa)". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (6): 1147–1157. Bibcode:2021JPal...95.1147R. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.73. S2CID 238689109.