Ascophora (Cheilostomatida), except Cribrilinidae Part of the Cheilostomatida Key created by Hans De Blauwe Restart from Cheilostomatida | Restart Completely | Select different key | Show legend

Characteristics  avicularia        absent       vicarious       adventitious, perpendicular to frontal plane       adventitious, normal to frontal plane or acute       adventitious, dimorphic       adventitious, transversal       interzooidal, replacing one of the lateral basal pore chambers       adventitious and vicarious  colony form        uniserial chain of zooids with thread-like proximal portion       uniserial chain of zooids without thread-like proximal portion       multiserial large colony       spotcolony       nodular colony       staghorn growth  Frontal shield        gymnocystidean, female zooids much shorter than autozooids       gymnocystidean, female zooids as long as autozooids       umbonuloid       cryptocystidean  number of spines        0       1       2       3       4       5       6       7  number of spines in zooids with ovicell        0       2       4  orifice        schizoporelloid (sinus and condyles)       sinus, without condyles       cleithridiate, with prominent condyles (keyhole-shaped)       D-shaped       semicircular       secondary orifice large       opening not coextensive with the orifice       with lyrula       lepralioid       orbicular with indistinct condyles  ovicell pores & ornaments        absent       frontal pores       frontal pores, sometimes keeled, ring of pore chambers       ribs       uniformly granular       transversal ridge       marginal pores       umbone(s)       perforated tabula       imperforate tabula       frontal open fissure       frontal enclosed fissure  ovicells        in relation to special female zooids, on substrate       in relation to special female zooids, on other zooids       hyperstomial       recumbent on the distal autozooid, and closed by zooidal operculum       recumbent on the distal zooid, not closed by the operculum       absent, embryos brooded in gonozooids       dependent, subimmersed, closed by zooidal operculum       recumbent on the substratum  pore-chambers/septula        pore chambers within the wall       pore chambers tubular       pore chambers present       (multiporous) septula  pores        absent       evenly porous       marginal pores only       scattered pores or not only marginal but not evenly porous  position of adventitious avicularia        a pair lateral to the orifice       proximal to orifice       proximolateral to orifice and directed towards the orifice       proximolateral to orifice and directed towards the umbo       proximolateral to orifice and directed laterally to distally       a pair proximo-laterally to orifice       lateral suboral on a peristome       pair of lateral oral Avicularia       single lateral suboral  special polymorphs        zooeciules       special male       dwarf zooids       ascopore       frontal spiramen       crescentic ascopore       large kenozooids

Remaining taxa: Buffonellaria muriella Berning & Kuklinski, 2008 Cellepora pumicosa (Pallas, 1766) Celleporella hyalina (Linnaeus, 1767) Celleporina decipiens Hayward, 1976 Celleporina hassallii (Johnston, 1847) Celleporina pygmaea (Norman, 1868) Chorizopora brongniartii (Audouin, 1826) Cryptosula pallasiana (Moll, 1803) Escharella gilsoni De Blauwe, 2006 Escharella immersa (Fleming, 1828) Escharella labiosa (Busk, 1856) Escharella variolosa (Johnston, 1838) Escharella ventricosa (Hassall, 1842) Escharina dutertrei haywardi Zabala, Maluquer & Harmelin, 1993 Escharina johnstoni (Quelch, 1884) Escharina vulgaris (Moll, 1803) Escharoides bishopi De Blauwe, 2006 Escharoides coccinea (Abildgaard, 1806) Fenestrulina delicia Winston, Hayward & Craig, 2000 Fenestrulina malusii (Audouin, 1826) Hagiosynodos latus (Busk, 1856) Haplopoma graniferum (Johnston, 1847) Haplopoma impressum (Audouin, 1826) Herentia hyndmanni (Johnston, 1847) Hippoporidra lusitania Taylor & Cook, 1981 Hippoporina pertusa (Esper, 1796) Hippothoa divaricata Lamouroux, 1821 Hippothoa flagellum Manzoni, 1870 Lagenipora lepralioides (Norman, 1868) Microporella ciliata (Pallas, 1766) Neolagenipora collaris (Norman, 1867) Omalosecosa ramulosa (Linnaeus, 1767) Pacificincola perforata (Okada & Mawatari, 1937) Parasmittina trispinosa (Johnston, 1838) Pentapora fascialis (Pallas, 1766) Phaeostachys spinifera (Johnston, 1847) Phylactella labrosa (Busk, 1854) Plesiothoa gigerium (Ryland & Gordon, 1977) Porella concinna (Busk, 1854) Reptadeonella violacea (Johnston, 1847) Rhynchozoon bispinosum (Johnston, 1847) Schizomavella auriculata (Hassall, 1842) Schizomavella cristata (Hincks, 1879) Schizomavella cuspidata (Hincks, 1880) Schizomavella discoidea (Busk, 1859) Schizomavella linearis (Hassall, 1841) Schizomavella teresae Reverter-Gil & Fernandez-Pulpeiro, 1996 Schizoporella unicornis (Johnston in Wood, 1844) Schizotheca divisa (Norman, 1864) Schizotheca fissa (Busk, 1856) Smittina affinis (Hincks, 1862) Smittina landsborovii (Johnston, 1847) Smittoidea prolifica Osburn, 1952 Smittoidea reticulata (MacGillivray, 1842) Trypostega venusta (Norman, 1864) Turbicellepora avicularis (Hincks, 1860) Turbicellepora magnicostata (Barroso, 1919) Umbonula littoralis Hastings, 1944 Watersipora complanata (Norman, 1864)