Fistuliphragma is an extinct genus of cystoporate bryozoans of the family Fistuliporidae[1] that lived in the Devonian period. Its colonies could have branched or encrusting forms, with hollow tubular branches in the case of the branched form, and possessed a well-developed vesicular skeleton. Its autozooecia possessed prominent lunaria and hemiphragms. The genus is distinct from Cliotrypa and Strotopora because of the absence of gonozooecia.[3]
| Fistuliphragma Temporal range: Lower Devonian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Stenolaemata |
| Order: | †Cystoporida |
| Family: | †Fistuliporidae |
| Genus: | †Fistuliphragma Bassler, 1934 |
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| Fistuliphragma spinulifera (Rominger, 1866)
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References edit
- ^ a b Mesentseva, O.P. (2016). "Cystoporida (Bryozoa) from the Emsian Stage (Lower Devonian) of the Salair Ridge and Gorny and Rudny Altai". Paleontological Journal. 50 (4): 58–67. Bibcode:2016PalJ...50..376M. doi:10.1134/S0031030116040080. S2CID 132964632.
- ^ Ernst, A.; May, A. (2012). "Bryozoan fauna from the Lower Devonian (middle Lochkovian) of Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (1): 60–80. Bibcode:2012JPal...86...60E. doi:10.1666/10-155.1. S2CID 129451528.
- ^ Ernst, Andrej; May, Andreas (2012). "Bryozoan fauna from the Lower Devonian (Middle Lochkovian) of Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (1): 67. Bibcode:2012JPal...86...60E. doi:10.1666/10-155.1. S2CID 129451528.