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Mimosellidae
Nomenclature
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Unranked: StoloniferinaUnranked: Walkerioidea
Unranked:
Mimosellidae
SUMMARY
Bryozoans in this family form erect, bushy; or creeping colonies. Autozooids in clumps or paired series, budding from a kenozooidal stolon, caducous; more or less bilaterally symmetrical, slightly tapered proximally. Lophophore with eight tentacles, campylonemidan; no gizzard. Asymmetric erector muscles impart mobility to autozooids. Embryos brooded in tentacle sheath.
(Hayward, 1985)