| Celleporidae Temporal range: 235–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Cellepora pumicosa photographed at Sula Sgeir, Scotland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Suborder: | Flustrina |
| Superfamily: | Celleporoidea |
| Family: | Celleporidae Johnston, 1838 |
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Torquatellidae Tilbrook, 2006 | |
Celleporidae is a family of bryozoans – colonial, aquatic, invertebrates – in the order Cheilostomatida. Structurally, they are defined by densely packed zooids (individual animals which make up the colony). The zooids usually have irregular direction, and are defined by morphological characteristics. Masses of the dead animals can form shallow sediments. Members of the family are recorded from every ocean, even around Antarctica, where they are represented primarily by the genus Osthimosia. Fossils of the family exist as old as from 235 million years ago, during the Triassic period.
Genera
- Buffonellaria
- Buskea
- Calvipelta
- Cellepora
- Celleporina
- Chasmatooecium
- Chasmazoon
- Galeopsis
- Lagenipora
- Omalosecosa
- Orthoporidroides
- Osthimosia
- Palmicellaria
- Pourtalesella
- Predanophora
- Pseudocelleporina
- Richbunea
- Scorpiodinipora
- Sinuporina
- Spigaleos
- Tegminula
- Turbicellepora
References
- ^ López Gappa, Juan; Liuzzi, María G. (2008). "A new Antarctic Osthimosia (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata, Celleporidae) with dimorphic zooids". Polar Biology. 32 (1): 47–51. doi:10.1007/s00300-008-0501-5. hdl:11336/103444. ISSN 0722-4060.
- "Celleporidae Johnston 1838 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- "Celleporidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- "Fossilworks: Celleporidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
Further reading
- Bulletin. 1916. pp. 71–74.
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