Marine Species Traits - Membranipora de Blainville, 1830

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Membranipora de Blainville, 1830

Membranipora membranacea (Linnaeus, 1767)

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110938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110938)

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Membraniporidae Busk, 1852

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Species Membranipora acuminata Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora acuum Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora aedificata Brydone, 1913 †
Species Membranipora aequalis (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora aftonensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora aftonia Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora albensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora albida Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora allita (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora almerai Canu, 1913 †
Species Membranipora alveolus Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora ambigua Allegre, 1939 †
Species Membranipora ameghinoi Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora ampla (Uttley, 1951) †
Species Membranipora ancarteri Brown, 1958 †
Species Membranipora angulosa d'Orbigny, 1853 †
Species Membranipora aperta Busk, 1859 †
Species Membranipora aperta Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora arborea Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora arcana Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora arcana Canu & Bassler, 1920 †
Species Membranipora arcifera Canu & Bassler, 1929
Species Membranipora areolata Canu & Bassler, 1935 †
Species Membranipora argus (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora artini Canu, 1904 †
Species Membranipora atabekjani Voigt, 1967 †
Species Membranipora aviculifera Maplestone, 1901 †
Species Membranipora baccata Canu & Bassler, 1923 †
Species Membranipora baculina (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora bellis Maplestone, 1901 †
Species Membranipora bemensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora benjamini (Canu & Bassler, 1917) †
Species Membranipora berthelseni Jürgensen, 1968 †
Species Membranipora biarritziana Canu, 1912 †
Species Membranipora bioculata Canu, 1904 †
Species Membranipora bipunctata Schafhautl, 1863 †
Species Membranipora bispinosa Levinsen, 1907 †
Species Membranipora boulei Canu, 1900 †
Species Membranipora bramensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora branscombensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora bruennichi Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora bueltenensis Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora bulbillifera Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora californica Gabb & Horn, 1862 †
Species Membranipora calveti Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora camillae Neviani, 1895 †
Species Membranipora canalifera Canu & Bassler, 1920 †
Species Membranipora canui Dartevelle, 1933 †
Species Membranipora canui Lecointre, 1912 †
Species Membranipora capillimargo Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora cauveri Guha & Nathan, 1996 †
Species Membranipora cavernifera Voigt, 1962 †
Species Membranipora celsospinata Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora cenomana (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora cervicornis Brydone, 1913 †
Species Membranipora chyngtonensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora cingulata Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora claudata Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora clavicella Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora claviformis Canu & Bassler, 1920 †
Species Membranipora clio d'Orbigny, 1853 †
Species Membranipora cochlearis MacGillivray, 1895 †
Species Membranipora combesi Canu, 1907 †
Species Membranipora commixta Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora composita Koschinsky, 1885 †
Species Membranipora conficiens Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora contexta Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora contracta Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora convexa (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora coronata Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora crassimargo Canu & Bassler, 1926 †
Species Membranipora crespinae Brown, 1958 †
Species Membranipora cristallina Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora cubitalis Brydone, 1916 †
Species Membranipora cuckmerensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora cuculligera Brydone, 1914 †
Species Membranipora cyclopora (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora cyclostoma MacGillivray, 1895 †
Species Membranipora deborahae Brown, 1952 †
Species Membranipora declivis Marsson, 1887 †
Species Membranipora dennanti Maplestone, 1900 †
Species Membranipora dimorphocella Canu, 1919 †
Species Membranipora disjuncta Gregory, 1894 †
Species Membranipora distefanoi Cipolla, 1932 †
Species Membranipora dolina Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora dorbignyana Canu, 1900 †
Species Membranipora dubia Busk, 1859 †
Species Membranipora dugossonei Pergens, 1892 †
Species Membranipora dutertrei Duvergier, 1924 †
Species Membranipora duvergieriae Vigneaux, 1949 †
Species Membranipora eastonensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora ebeidii Abbas & El-Senoussi, 1979 †
Species Membranipora eleanorae Brydone, 1936 †
Species Membranipora elliptica von Hagenow, 1839 †
Species Membranipora endozooecialis Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora eocena (Busk, 1866) †
Species Membranipora evanescens Voigt, 1967 †
Species Membranipora excavata Canu, 1904 †
Species Membranipora falloti Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora famelica Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora fannia Brydone, 1916 †
Species Membranipora fascelis Brydone, 1916 †
Species Membranipora fastigii Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora faustina Brydone, 1916 †
Species Membranipora faviola Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora fecampensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora fenestralis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora fenestrella (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora fissura Seguenza, 1880 †
Species Membranipora flabellata Canu, 1904 †
Species Membranipora flabellata (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora flicki Canu, 1904 †
Species Membranipora fluonia Brydone, 1916 †
Species Membranipora fonteia Brydone, 1916 †
Species Membranipora fossata Levinsen, 1907 †
Species Membranipora fossulifera Ulrich & Bassler, 1904 †
Species Membranipora frontalis Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora fulcra Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora galeria Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora galvia Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora gardiana Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora gentili Canu, 1903 †
Species Membranipora gerana Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora gharanensis El Safori & El-Sorogy, 1999 †
Species Membranipora gigantea Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora gigantissima Lecointre, 1912 †
Species Membranipora girondina (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora globulosa Maplestone, 1901 †
Species Membranipora granti (von Hagenow, 1851) †
Species Membranipora gravensis Brydone, 1913 †
Species Membranipora harmeri Canu, 1907 †
Species Membranipora hebens Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora hennei (Nyst, 1843) †
Species Membranipora hexagona †
Species Membranipora hursleiensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora hyadesi Jullien, 1888
Species Membranipora impolita Mokrinskij, 1916 †
Species Membranipora impressa Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora impressata Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora inaequalis (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora incurvata Maplestone, 1900 †
Species Membranipora inornata Hincks, 1881
Species Membranipora insultans Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora intricata (Lonsdale, 1850) †
Species Membranipora irregularis (d'Orbigny, 1853) †
Species Membranipora kayeum Guha & Nathan, 1996 †
Species Membranipora kiowana Scott, 1970 †
Species Membranipora kischenewensis (Pheophanova, 1953) †
Species Membranipora krimskojensis Voigt, 1962 †
Species Membranipora lacrymopora (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora laevigata Canu, 1904 †
Species Membranipora laevissima Maplestone, 1911 †
Species Membranipora lata Canu & Bassler, 1929 †
Species Membranipora leo (Pheophanova, 1953) †
Species Membranipora ligeriensis (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora ligulata Maplestone, 1901 †
Species Membranipora limbata (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora limburgensis Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora longifissa Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora longipes Maplestone, 1901 †
Species Membranipora maastrichtensis Voigt, 1924 †
Species Membranipora magnispina Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora malaccensis d'Orbigny, 1853
Species Membranipora mamillifera Voigt, 1962 †
Species Membranipora maplestonei Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora margaritifera Voigt, 1967 †
Species Membranipora marssoni Canu, 1900 †
Species Membranipora maxima Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora meandrina (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora megapora d'Orbigny, 1850 †
Species Membranipora membranacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Membranipora meunieri Canu, 1900 †
Species Membranipora meunieri Canu, 1909 †
Species Membranipora minuscula Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora morningtoniensis Maplestone, 1900 †
Species Membranipora munda (Marsson, 1887) †
Species Membranipora nanula Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora nellioides Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora nicklesi Lecointre, 1912 †
Species Membranipora nobilis Reuss, 1848 †
Species Membranipora nordgaardiana Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora orbavicularia Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora orlowi Voigt, 1967 †
Species Membranipora osburni Canu & Bassler, 1923 †
Species Membranipora ossuaria Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora ovalis (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora ovata (Canu & Lecointre, 1925) †
Species Membranipora ovifera Maplestone, 1911 †
Species Membranipora ovigera Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora pachundakii Canu, 1912 †
Species Membranipora pachytheca Osburn, 1950
Species Membranipora pallaryi Canu, 1900 †
Species Membranipora palpebra Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora papyracea MacGillivray, 1895 †
Species Membranipora parvicella Canu, 1919 †
Species Membranipora parvula (von Hagenow, 1839) †
Species Membranipora patellaris Reuss in Geinitz, 1872 †
Species Membranipora paucispinata Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora pegma Brown, 1958 †
Species Membranipora pererrans Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora perincerta Brydone, 1936 †
Species Membranipora perspicata Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora pertenera Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora pervinquierei Canu, 1903 †
Species Membranipora plebicola Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora plicatella Brydone, 1913 †
Species Membranipora plicatelloides Berthelsen, 1962 †
Species Membranipora pollex Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora pontpourqueyensis Vigneaux, 1949 †
Species Membranipora portus Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora praetermissa Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora pratensis Neviani, 1901 †
Species Membranipora proboscinoides Voigt, 1967 †
Species Membranipora procurrens Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora pseudelea Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora pseudonormaniana Chiplonkar, 1939 †
Species Membranipora pudica Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora pulchella (Canu & Bassler, 1930)
Species Membranipora pygmaea (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora pyriformis Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora pyropersiata Lecointre, 1912 †
Species Membranipora quadrata Canu, 1904 †
Species Membranipora quadrata Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora quadrifascialis Canu, 1912 †
Species Membranipora ravni Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora raymondi Hayami, 1975
Species Membranipora regularis Namias, 1891 †
Species Membranipora reyti Canu, 1909 †
Species Membranipora rimulata Ulrich, 1901 †
Species Membranipora roemeri (Lonsdale, 1850) †
Species Membranipora rotundicella Canu, 1904 †
Species Membranipora royana (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora rupensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora rustica Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007
Species Membranipora sandalina Brydone, 1918 †
Species Membranipora santonensis (d'Orbigny, 1853) †
Species Membranipora scanica Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora scotneiensis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora seafordensis Brydone, 1918 †
Species Membranipora securigera Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora selandica Berthelsen, 1962 †
Species Membranipora semilunaris Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora septemtrionis Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora sevingtonensis Brydone, 1918 †
Species Membranipora similis (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora simillima Voigt, 1967 †
Species Membranipora simplex (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora sinesolum Canu & Bassler, 1920 †
Species Membranipora sinsera Weiss, 1988 †
Species Membranipora smittii Manzoni, 1870 †
Species Membranipora sparksi Brydone, 1913 †
Species Membranipora sparsispina Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora spatulata Lecointre, 1912 †
Species Membranipora speciosa Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora spiculata Canu & Bassler, 1923 †
Species Membranipora spiculifera Maplestone, 1900 †
Species Membranipora spinea Canu, 1917 †
Species Membranipora spinirecta David, 1949 †
Species Membranipora spinosissima Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora strenua Voigt, 1924 †
Species Membranipora studlandensis Brydone, 1916 †
Species Membranipora subacuminata Brydone, 1916 †
Species Membranipora subcalceolus Favorskaya, 1980 †
Species Membranipora subcervicornis Voigt, 1967 †
Species Membranipora subcompressa (von Hagenow, 1851) †
Species Membranipora subovalis Canu, 1903 †
Species Membranipora subovata Novak, 1877 †
Species Membranipora subpalpebra Voigt, 1967 †
Species Membranipora subsculpta Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora subtactimargo Voigt, 1962 †
Species Membranipora subvertebralis Favorskaya, 1992 †
Species Membranipora sulcata Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora tacaguana Weisbord, 1967 †
Species Membranipora tactimargo Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora taenialis Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora taiwanica Hu, 1986 †
Species Membranipora tecta Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora temporaria Waters, 1885 †
Species Membranipora tenera (Reuss, 1846) †
Species Membranipora tenuimargo Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora thanetiana Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora thevenini Canu, 1900 †
Species Membranipora transversa (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora triangularis Winston & Hakansson, 1986
Species Membranipora trimorpha Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora tripunctata Waters, 1882 †
Species Membranipora trulla Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora tuberculifera Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora tuberimargo Canu & Bassler, 1923 †
Species Membranipora tubulina Canu, 1907 †
Species Membranipora tubulosa Canu & Bassler, 1920 †
Species Membranipora tubulosa (d'Orbigny, 1853) †
Species Membranipora turbata Voigt, 1930 †
Species Membranipora valentini Canu, 1908 †
Species Membranipora variabilis (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Species Membranipora varians Canu, 1904 †
Species Membranipora vectensis Brydone, 1916 †
Species Membranipora velamen (Goldfuss, 1826) †
Species Membranipora vialowi Voigt, 1962 †
Species Membranipora vigintispinosa Levinsen, 1925 †
Species Membranipora villosa Hincks, 1880
Species Membranipora vincularina Canu & Bassler, 1923 †
Species Membranipora virguliformis Gregory, 1893 †
Species Membranipora vittata Brydone, 1929 †
Species Membranipora watersiana Canu, 1911 †
Species Membranipora welshi Canu, 1900 †
Species Membranipora weybournensis (Brydone, 1930) †
Species Membranipora withersi Brydone, 1912 †
Species Membranipora arcuata Canu, 1908 † accepted as Electra arcuata (Canu, 1908) † (Basionym)
Species Membranipora capsula Voigt, 1949 † accepted as Wilbertopora capsula (Voigt, 1949) † (Basionym)
Species Membranipora coronata Hincks, 1881 accepted as Cranosina coronata (Hincks, 1881) (Basionym)
Species Membranipora nellioides Canu & Bassler, 1933 † accepted as Quadrilateralia nellioides Canu & Bassler, 1933 † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
Species Membranipora okaiana Canu, 1911 † accepted as Conopeum okaiana (Canu, 1911) † (Basionym)
Species Membranipora praecipua Brydone, 1914 † accepted as Biaviculigera praecipua (Brydone, 1914) †
Species Membranipora tripunctata (von Hagenow, 1839) † accepted as Biaviculigera tripunctata (von Hagenow, 1839) † (Alternative combination)
Species Membranipora marssoniana Voigt, 1924 † represented as Vincularia marssoniana (Voigt, 1924) † (Basionym)
Species Membranipora aculeata (d'Orbigny, 1852) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Membranipora quadrata (Demarest & Leseuer, 1814) † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine

Original description

de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830. 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344
page(s): 411 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Bock, P. (2021). World List of Bryozoa. Membranipora de Blainville, 1830. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110938 on 2025-09-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Membranipora de Blainville, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110938 on 2025-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hayward, Peter

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Bock, Phil

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original description de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830. 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344
page(s): 411 [details]

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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (1998). Cheilostomatous Bryozoa: 1. Aeteoidea - Cribrilinoidea: notes for the identification of British species. 2nd ed. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 10. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-261-7. vii, 366 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]