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Record 1 1977-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

A small group of little known modern animals (...)

OBS

Fixed colonial or pseudocolonial organisms; [the] body [is] compact and without conspicuous division into the parts; [the] middle segment [is] small but with one or more pairs of arms furnished with tentacles (...); [the] posterior segment (...) with long stalk or peduncle by which the zooid may be attached; branchial apparatus [is] rudimentary; [the] cuticular skeleton [is] external. "Cret.-Rec.".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Organismes coloniaux (...) ou pseudo-coloniaux (...), à aspect de Bryozoaires, habitant dans des loges ("zoécies") dont l'ensemble constitue le test chitineux commun de formes très diverses.

Spanish

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