Family Loxosomatidae

  Order
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Loxosomatidae
  Class
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Not assigned
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : No
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  Remark
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Hincks, 1880. Solitary, i.e. non-colonial, entoprocts. Zooids lack septum between body and stalk therefore continuous musculature through the two regions. Larvae usually with paired frontal organ. Phylogenteic relationship between Loxosoma and Loxosomella is uncertain (Ref. 1200).
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Ref.
[ e.g. 3742]                  
Glossary
                      [ e.g. cnidaria]
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