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Microporidae Gray, 1848 
AphiaID: 110764

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Cheilostomatida (Order) > Neocheilostomatina (Suborder) > Flustrina (Infraorder) > Microporoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Microporoidea
Synonymised
taxa		  Calpensiidae Canu & Bassler, 1923
Sources  basis of record: Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Bryozoan homepage, available online at http://www.bryozoa.net [details]

from synonym: Gordon, Dennis (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

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taxa
[hide all]		 Genus Andreella Jullien, 1888
  » Species Andreella megapora Moyano & Melgarejo, 1978
» Species Andreella patagonica Lopez Gappa, 1981
» Species Andreella polypora Moyano, 1985
» Species Andreella uncifera (Busk, 1884)
» Species Andreella unicifera (Busk, 1884) accepted as Andreella uncifera (Busk, 1884)
Genus Apiophragma Hayward & Ryland, 1993
  » Species Apiophragma hyalina (Waters, 1904)
Genus Calpensia Jullien, 1888
  » Species Calpensia nobilis (Esper, 1796)
» Species Calpensia pulchra Harmer, 1926
Genus Flustrapora Moyano, 1970
  » Species Flustrapora magellanica Moyano, 1970
Genus Manzonella Jullien, 1888
  » Species Manzonella monopia (Brown, 1952)
Genus Micropora Gray, 1848
  » Species Micropora acuminata Winston, 2005
» Species Micropora aequilateralis d'Hondt & Gordon, 1999
» Species Micropora africana d'Orbigny, 1852
» Species Micropora angusta MacGillivray, 1887
» Species Micropora brevissima Waters, 1904
» Species Micropora coriacea (Johnston, 1847)
  » Subspecies Micropora coriacea inarmata Soule, 1959
» Species Micropora elegans Maplestone, 1901
» Species Micropora finisterrae Moyano, 1994
» Species Micropora fissurata Waters, 1927
» Species Micropora gracilis (Uttley, 1949)
» Species Micropora inexpectata Moyano, 2002
» Species Micropora karukinkaensis Moyano, 1994
» Species Micropora latiavicula Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007
» Species Micropora lunipuncta Maplestone, 1901
» Species Micropora mortenseni Livingstone, 1929
» Species Micropora normani Levinsen, 1909
» Species Micropora notialis Hayward & Ryland, 1993
» Species Micropora rimulata Canu & Bassler, 1929
» Species Micropora robusta Cook, 1985
» Species Micropora santacruzana Soule, Soule & Chaney, 1995
» Species Micropora selknami Moyano, 1994
» Species Micropora similis Hayward & Cook, 1983
» Species Micropora stenostoma (Busk, 1854)
» Species Micropora variperforata Waters, 1887
» Species Micropora uncifera Busk, 1884 accepted as Andreella uncifera (Busk, 1884)
Genus Microporina Levinsen, 1909
  » Species Microporina articulata (Fabricius, 1821)
» Species Microporina elongata (Hincks, 1880)
» Species Microporina ivanovi Gontar, 1993
» Species Microporina japonica Canu & Bassler, 1929
» Species Microporina okadai Silén, 1941
Genus Mollia Lamouroux, 1821
  » Species Mollia amoena Gordon, 1986
» Species Mollia circumcincta (Heller, 1867)
» Species Mollia cristinae Souto, Reverter-Gil & Fernández-Pulpeiro, 2010
» Species Mollia elongata Canu & Bassler, 1928
» Species Mollia mauritiana (Kirkpatrick, 1888)
» Species Mollia multijuncta (Waters, 1879)
» Species Mollia ogivalis (Jullien & Calvet, 1903)/(Seguenza, 1880)
» Species Mollia patellaria (Moll, 1803)
» Species Mollia rosselii (Audouin, 1826)
Genus Opaeophora Brown, 1948
  » Species Opaeophora browni Moyano, 1983
» Species Opaeophora lepida (Hincks, 1881)
» Species Opaeophora occulta Moyano, 2002
Genus Promicroa d'Hondt & Gordon, 1999
  » Species Promicroa dubitata d'Hondt & Gordon, 1999
Genus Rectimicropora Hayward & Winston, 2011
  » Species Rectimicropora conspicua Hayward & Winston, 2011
Genus Reussinella Gordon, 2009
  » Species Reussinella arctica (Osburn, 1950)
Genus Scriblitopora Hayward & Winston, 2011
  » Species Scriblitopora sepicula Hayward & Winston, 2011
Genus Steraechmella Lagaaij, 1952
  » Species Steraechmella buski Lagaiij, 1952

Genus Reussina Kluge, 1962 accepted as Reussinella Gordon, 2009
  » Species Reussina impressa (Reuss, 1846)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  classification: This family was previously placed under the currently unvalid subordo Anasca. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110764
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hayward, Peter
2005-04-15 10:25:19Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2005-07-14 07:01:01Z  changed  Espinel, Nadjejda
2010-04-19 09:24:05Z  checked  Bock, Phil
  
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  Citation: Bock, P.; Hayward, P. (2013). Microporidae. In: Bock, P.; Gordon, D. (2013) World List of Bryozoa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110764 on 2013-05-22
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