Malacostegina
Order of moss animals
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Malacostegina is a sub-order of marine, colonial bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida.[1] The structure of the individual zooids is generally simple, with an uncalcified, flexible frontal wall. This sub-order includes the earliest known cheilostome, in the genus Pyriporopsis (Electridae).
| Malacostegina Temporal range: | |
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| Electra posidoniae on Posidonia oceanica, Sardinia, Italy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Suborder: | Malacostegina Levinsen, 1902 |
The genus Christinella is currently incertae sedis within the Malacostegina.[2]
