Biology:Kukersella

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Short description: Extinct genus of bryozoans

Kukersella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cyclostomatida
Family: Crownoporidae
Genus: Kukersella
Toots, 1952
Species[1]

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Synonyms[1]
  • Crownopora Ross, 1967

Kukersella is an extinct genus of bryozoan of the family Crownoporidae, known from the Ordovician period. Its colonies consist of cylindrical branches growing from an encrusting base.[2]

Species

  • Kukersella borealis (Bassler, 1911)
  • Dzik, 1981 Kukersella erratica

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Kukersella". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1372017. 
  2. Ernst, Andrej; Key, Marcus (2007). "Upper Ordovician Bryozoa from the Montagne de Noire, Southern France". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 (4): 365. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002155. 

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