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'''Ascophora''' is a infraorder under order [[Cheilostomata]] of the [[Bryozoa]]. Ascophorans are distinguished from other cheilostomes in having a completely [[calcification|calcified]] wall covering their frontal surface apart from the orifice, and possessing an [[ascus (bryozoa)|ascus]] (hence the name of the suborder). The ascus is a water-filled sac of frontal membrane opening at or near the orifice. It functions as a [[hydrostatic]] system by allowing water into the space below the inflexible frontal wall when the zooid everts its [[polypide]] (feeding tentacles) by muscles pulling the frontal membrane inwards (non-ascophorans do not need this structure as their frontal wall is not calcified).
'''Ascophora''' is a infraorder under order [[Cheilostomata]] of the [[Bryozoa]]. Ascophorans are distinguished from other cheilostomes in having a completely [[calcification|calcified]] wall covering their frontal surface apart from the orifice, and possessing an [[ascus (bryozoa)|ascus]] (hence the name of the suborder). The ascus is a water-filled sac of frontal membrane opening at or near the orifice. It functions as a [[hydrostatic]] system by allowing water into the space below the inflexible frontal wall when the zooid everts its [[polypide]] (feeding tentacles) by muscles pulling the frontal membrane inwards (non-ascophorans do not need this structure as their frontal wall is not calcified).


The structure of this frontal wall is the basis of distinguishing the four major subdivisions of the Ascophora, each of which is, however, currently under suspicion of being [[polyphyly|polyphyletic]] and/or [[paraphyly|paraphyletic]] <ref>Gordon, D.P. 2000. Towards a phylogeny of cheilostomes - morphological models of frontal wall/shield evolution. Proceedings of the 11th International Byozoology Association Conference: 17-37</ref>. They are therefor listed here as 'unranked' groupings.
The structure of this frontal wall is the basis of distinguishing the four major subdivisions of the Ascophora, each of which is, however, currently under suspicion of being [[polyphyly|polyphyletic]] and/or [[paraphyly|paraphyletic]] <ref>Gordon, D.P. 2000. Towards a phylogeny of cheilostomes - morphological models of frontal wall/shield evolution. Proceedings of the 11th International Byozoology Association Conference: 17-37</ref>. They are therefore listed here as 'unranked' groupings.


Ascophorans are exclusively marine, but very widespread geographically and ecologically. They grow on various substrates and in a variety of colony shapes.
Ascophorans are exclusively marine, but very widespread geographically and ecologically. They grow on various substrates and in a variety of colony shapes.

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Ascophora
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent
Eurystomella bilabiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Cheilostomatida
Suborder: Ascophora
Levinsen, 1909

Ascophora is a infraorder under order Cheilostomata of the Bryozoa. Ascophorans are distinguished from other cheilostomes in having a completely calcified wall covering their frontal surface apart from the orifice, and possessing an ascus (hence the name of the suborder). The ascus is a water-filled sac of frontal membrane opening at or near the orifice. It functions as a hydrostatic system by allowing water into the space below the inflexible frontal wall when the zooid everts its polypide (feeding tentacles) by muscles pulling the frontal membrane inwards (non-ascophorans do not need this structure as their frontal wall is not calcified).

The structure of this frontal wall is the basis of distinguishing the four major subdivisions of the Ascophora, each of which is, however, currently under suspicion of being polyphyletic and/or paraphyletic [1]. They are therefore listed here as 'unranked' groupings.

Ascophorans are exclusively marine, but very widespread geographically and ecologically. They grow on various substrates and in a variety of colony shapes.

Classification

References

  1. ^ Gordon, D.P. 2000. Towards a phylogeny of cheilostomes - morphological models of frontal wall/shield evolution. Proceedings of the 11th International Byozoology Association Conference: 17-37


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