Loxosomella sp

Loxosomella sp Common name(s): Entoproct
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Phylum Entoprocta Order Solitaria Family Loxosomatidae
	Loxosomella sp on a tunicate tunic. Height about 2 mm.
	(Photo by: Dave Cowles, August 2010 )

Description: Loxosomella have separate zooids. The base of the stalk is not formed into a muscular disk that lets them detatch from the substrate and move. This species has no horseshoe-shaped flange below the tentacles.

How to Distinguish from Similar Species: Loxosoma has a muscular disk at the base which lets them detatch and move around. Loxosomella nordgaardi has a horseshoe-shaped flange below the tentacles.

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Kozloff, 1987, 1996

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Dave Cowles (2010): Created original page
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Loxosomella sp

Common name(s): Entoproct

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