Loxosomella

Loxosomella
	Picture of Loxosomella macginitieorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Entoprocta
Family:	Loxosomatidae
Genus:	Loxosomella; Mortensen, 1911

Loxosomella is a genus of Entoprocta. individuals are solitary, not colonial, as is typically the case in this phylum. They are sessile, attaching to a variety of substrates including sipunculan worms.^[1] They can reproduce asexually, by budding.^[2]

References

^ Müller, C. H. G., J. Hylleberg, and P. Michalik. 2015. Complex epidermal organs of Phascolion (Sipuncula): Insights into the evolution of bimodal secretory cells in annelids. Acta Zoologica, 96:343–374.
^ Loxosomella decorata n. sp., a new solitary entoproct from San Juan Island, WA, USA Nielsen, C. 2017 Zootaxa 4238(4), pp. 594-596