Definition of Pterobranchs. Meaning of Pterobranchs. Synonyms of Pterobranchs

- suggested that pterobranchs belong to the same clade as the extinct graptolites, and phylogenetic analysis suggests that the pterobranchs are living members...
- Graptolithina, formerly considered extinct, is now placed within the pterobranchs, represented by a single living genus Rhabdopleura. Acorn worms are solitary...
- free-floating Graptoloidea. These orders most likely evolved from encrusting pterobranchs similar to Rhabdopleura. Due to their widespread abundance, planktonic...
- up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) long, and burrow though seafloor sediments. Pterobranchs are colonial animals, often less than 1 millimetre (0.039 in) long individually...
- Rotaciurca is an extinct genus of Silurian cephalodiscid pterobranchs. The genus contains a single species, Rotaciurca superbus, known from the Bertie...
- Rickards, RB; Holland PWH (2008). "The origins of graptolites and other pterobranchs: a journey from 'Polyzoa'". Lethaia. 41 (4): 303–316. Bibcode:2008Letha...
- worm-like enteropneust than a sessile colonial pterobranch. The fact that lophophorates and pterobranchs both use tentacles for feeding is probably not...
- pterobranchs are hemichordates and probably closely related to echinoderms, and there is no evidence that the latest common ancestor of pterobranchs and...
- inc. starfish Echinozoans inc. sea urchins Hemichordates Acorn worms Pterobranchs Nematodes Chromadorea Enoplea Secernentea Arthropods Chelicerates inc...
- specimens might be pseudo-colonial tubaria of cephalodiscid-like epibenthic pterobranchs instead. Lopez et al. (2023) describe graptolite fossil material from...