Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bugulidae
Synonyms: Acamarchisidae d'Orbigny 1852, Bicellariadae Busk 1852, Bicellariellidae Levinsen 1909, Cellulariadae Busk 1852, Halophilidae Vigneaux 1949, Sadkoidae Kluge 1962
Parent taxon: Buguloidea according to P. Moissette et al. 2017
See also Bassler 1953, Cheetham 1972 and Gordon 2012
Sister taxa: Beaniidae, Candidae, Epistomiidae, Euoplozoidae, Jubellidae, Rhabdozoidae
Subtaxa: Beanodendria Bicellariella Bicellarina Brettiella Bugula Bugularia Bugulella Calyptozoum Camptoplites Caulibugula Chalastobugula Cornucopina Corynoporella Cuneiforma Dendrobeania Dimetopia Dimorphozoum Erymophora Falsibugulella Farciminellopsis Halophila Himantozoum Hirmantozoumella Kinetoskias Klugella Luguba Microcorcillum Nordgaardia Semidendrobeania Semikinetoskias Sessibugula Thaminozoum Uschakovia Xenoflustra
Type: Bugula
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sokastro islet (Quaternary of Greece)