Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Entoprocta
Ordo: Loxosomatida
Familia: Loxosomatidae
Genus: Loxosomella
Species (52): L. almugnecarensis – L. antarctica – L. antedonis – L. antis – L. aripes – L. arvyae – L. atkinsae – L. bilocata – L. bocki – L. bouxini – L. brachystipes – L. brochobola – L. brucei – L. compressa – L. criketae – L. cubana – L. cuenoti – L. decorata – L. difigurata – L. discopoda – L. ditadii – L. elegans – L. fagei – L. fauveli – L. follicola – L. fungiformis – L. gautieri – L. glandulifera – L. globosa – L. illota – L. kindai – L. lineata – L. macginitieorum – L. marsypos – L. mepse – L. museriensis – L. norgaardi – L. olei – L. ornata – L. poculi – L. polita – L. prenanti – L. pseudocompressa – L. scaura – L. seiryoini – L. similis – L. spiropedia – L. tonsoria – L. triangularis – L. varians – L. vivipara – L. zima
References
Nielsen, C. 2017. Loxosomella decorata n. sp., a new solitary entoproct from San Juan Island, WA, USA. Zootaxa 4238(4): 594–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.8 Reference page.
Tierno de Figueroa, J.M.; Sánchez-Tocino, L. 2009: Loxosomella almugnecarensis n. sp. (Entoprocta: Loxosomatidae)—a new sponge epizoite from the Iberian Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa, 2236: 65–68. Abstract & excerpt
Varela, C.; Tierno de Figueroa, J.M.; Sánchez-Tocino, L. 2011: A new species of Loxosomatidae (Entoprocta) from the Atlantic Ocean: Loxosomella cubana n. sp. Zootaxa, 3051: 57–61. Preview
Loxosomella is a genus of entoproct. 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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