Tubuliporina
Tubuliporina (class Gymnolaemata, order Cyclostomata) A suborder of Bryozoa in which the colony is variable in overall form, and either encrusts hard substrates or stands erect. Members of the suborder display polyembryony. The suborder occurs from the Ordovician to the present.
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