Cephalodiscus

invertebrate genus

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characteristics

  • In pterobranch

    Two of them, Rhabdopleura and Cephalodiscus, live in secreted tubes, organized into a colonial structure called a coenecium. The third genus, Atubaria, lives on hydroids. All three genera are rare. About 21 species have been described.

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exoskeleton

  • vertebrate: skeleton
    In skeleton: Crystals

    >Cephalodiscus. Some graptolites, known only from fossil skeletal remains many millions of years old, had skeletons similar to those of Rhabdopleura.

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