Order Ctenostomata Busk 1852 (bryozoan)
Parent taxon: Gymnolaemata according to R. S. Boardman et al. 1983
See also Bassler 1953, Boardman and Cheetham 1987, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Gordon and Taylor 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cheilostomata, Cheilostomatida
Subtaxa: Arachnidiidae Arachnoidella Ascodictyidae Benedeniporoidea Cardiarachnidium Carnosa Casteropora Cookobryozoon Euctenostomata Fischerella Foraripora Haimeina Harmeriella Huxleya Marcusopora Paludicellea Ropalonariidae Stolonicella Stolonifera Vesicularina Vinellidae Voigtella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder