Class Gymnolaemata Allman 1856 (bryozoan)
Parent taxon: Bryozoa according to A. K. Guha and K. Gopikrishna 2007
See also Boardman and Cheetham 1987, Gordon et al. 1994, Guha and Gipikrishna 2007, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Zrzavy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Astreptodictya, Dingeria, Dingeria depressa, Domopora, Fenestellida, Homaeosolen, Phylactolaemata, Stenolaemata
Subtaxa: Cheilostomata Cheilostomatida Ctenostomata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder