Anascina

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? Anascina Suborder
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Ectoprocta Class: Gymnolaemata Order: Cheilostomida Suborder: Anascina
Families
30 families Membraniporidae

Anascina is a sub-order under class Cheilostomida. Anascina grow on surfaces of rocks and kelps. Anascina have characteristics that most ectoprocta will have, such as forming colonies and their simple internal anatomy.

There are 30 families classied under Anascina:

Aeteidae, Alysidiidae, Aspidostomatidae, Beaniidae, Bicellariellidae, Bugulidae, Calloporidae, Cellariidae, Chaperiidae, Cothurnicellidae, Cupuladriidae, Electridae, Epistomiidae, Eucrateidae, Euoplozoidae, Farciminariidae, Flustridae, Hiantoporidae, Labiostomellidae, Macroporidae, Membraniporidae, Microporidae, Onychocellidae, Poricellariidae, Pseudoporicellariidae, Scabereidae, Scrupariidae, Steginoporellidae, Stetosellidae, and Thalamoporellidae.