Polypora (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Synonyms: Polyporina Frederiks 1920, Pustulopora Termier and Termier 1971

Parent taxon: Acanthocladiidae according to Z. Tolokonnikova et al. 2014

See also Bassler 1953, Gilmour and Snyder 2000, Morozova and Lisitsyn 1996, Sepkoski 2002 and Termier and Termier 1971

Sister taxa: Acanthocladiinae, Adlatipora, Baculopora, Diploporaria, Diploporariinae, Ichthyorachis, Matheropora, Pteropora, Ptylopora, Samaria, Synocladia, Synocladiopsis, Pseudopolypora, Polyporellina, Parapolypora, Mackinneyella, Tibetiporella, Paucipora, Neopolypora, Reteporidra, Wjatkella, Polyporella, Protoretepora

Subtaxa: Polypora abadehensis Polypora aestacella Polypora anastasiae Polypora andina Polypora anshunensis Polypora arbusca Polypora australis Polypora balkhaschensiformis Polypora barabashensis Polypora bassleri Polypora biarmica Polypora bifurcata Polypora borsiensis Polypora brouweri Polypora bruteni Polypora bukhtarmensiformis Polypora chesteriensis Polypora chongqingensis Polypora commutabilis Polypora confirmata Polypora consanguinea Polypora crassa Polypora culta Polypora darashamensis Polypora daubichensis Polypora declinata Polypora decora Polypora decorosa Polypora dichotoma Polypora elegantissima Polypora eliasi Polypora ellesmerensis Polypora elliptica Polypora ellipticopora Polypora evidens Polypora extensa Polypora fujimotoi Polypora gigantea Polypora grandicellata Polypora grandis Polypora gregalis Polypora guangxiensis Polypora gzhelensis Polypora halliana Polypora hirsuta Polypora hivatchensis Polypora hyanusi Polypora ignota Polypora immanis Polypora impolita Polypora improcera Polypora inaudita Polypora inimica Polypora inusitata Polypora irregularis Polypora jalaidensis Polypora kasanensis Polypora keppelensis Polypora keyserlingi Polypora keyserlingiformis Polypora koninckiana Polypora kossjensis Polypora kropotkini Polypora losikha Polypora magnicava Polypora manchoukuoensis Polypora mariae Polypora martis Polypora maychensis Polypora megastoma Polypora mennessieri Polypora mexicana Polypora montuosa Polypora multinodata Polypora multiplex Polypora multiporifera Polypora neerkolensis Polypora nianekensis Polypora nodocarinata Polypora nodolinearis Polypora ornata Polypora ovaticella Polypora pamirensis Polypora parietiba Polypora pertinax Polypora polita Polypora prava Polypora pravocellata Polypora principalis Polypora pseudomacrops Polypora pustulata Polypora pustulosa Polypora quasiconfirmata Polypora rectifis Polypora retificis Polypora russiensis Polypora sargaensis Polypora sichuanensis Polypora sifangchengensis Polypora sigillata Polypora sinokoninckiana Polypora soyanensis Polypora spissa Polypora stragula Polypora striata Polypora subbiarmica Polypora subvoluminosa Polypora sulaensis Polypora sykesi Polypora timanica Polypora timorensis Polypora transiens Polypora triangulata Polypora tripliseriata Polypora triseriata Polypora tubulosa Polypora ufimiana Polypora vancouverensis Polypora variocellata Polypora vermicularis Polypora virga Polypora vitiosa Polypora volgensis Polypora voluminosa Polypora wadei

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (10 collections), Armenia (5), Australia (38), Austria (1), Azerbaijan (6), Bolivia (12), Canada (9: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (42), Greenland (7), India (5), Indonesia (2), Iran (30), Japan (2), Laos (2), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (2), Myanmar (1), New Zealand (2), Norway (2), Oman (18), Pakistan (21), Peru (8), the Russian Federation (66), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (17), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (10), Turkey (1), the United Arab Emirates (3), United States (55: Alaska, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)

• Virgilian of United States (1: Texas)

• Desmoinesian of United States (3: Kansas)

• Westphalian of Australia (1)

• Pennsylvanian of Australia (1), China (1)

• Chesterian of United States (6: Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Virginia)

• Osagean of United States (3: Indiana, Montana, Virginia)

• Mississippian of United States (7: Alaska, Arizona, California)

• Carboniferous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Australia (8), Bolivia (1), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (1), Egypt (4), France (1), Ireland (1), Japan (3), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (8), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (109: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia)

• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec), China (1), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (8), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (9: New York, Pennsylvania)

• Silurian of United States (4: New York)

• Ordovician of United States (1: Pennsylvania)

Total: 580 collections including 735 occurrences

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