Loxosomella
Genus of marine invertebrates
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| Picture of Loxosomella macginitieorum | |
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| 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
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