Entoprocta, also called Kamptozoa, is a phylum of small, mostly stalked filter feeding animals found attached to hard surfaces or other organisms in marine and some freshwater habitats. A ring of ciliated tentacles surrounds both the mouth and the anus, a layout that distinguishes entoprocts from the outwardly similar bryozoans, whose anus lies outside the tentacle ring.
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Source Wikipedia: EntoproctaDistribution: White SeaQuote, Distribution: White Sea
In the White Sea, the non-colonial entoproct Loxosomella nordgaardi prefers to live attached to bryozoan (ectoproct) colonies, mainly on the edges of colonies or in the "chimneys", gaps by which large bryozoan colonies expel water from which they have sieved food.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ208580, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Entoprocta
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In Group: Minor Animal Phyla, Lead
Entoprocta (lit. 'inside rectum/anus'), or Kamptozoa , commonly called goblet worms, is a phylum of mostly-sessile aquatic animals, ranging from 0.1 to 7 millimetres (0.004 to 0.3 in) long.
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Entoprocta
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 171
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Entoprocta
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Entoprocta" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 521 ... "early_interval": "Stage 3"
Wikidata: Entoprocta
Wikidata Q208580, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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