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Macroporidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Macroporidae

Taxonomy
Macroporidae was named by Uttley (1949). It is extant. Its type is Macropora.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aspidostomatidae by Bassler (1953).

It was assigned to Membraniporidae by Brown (1952), Brown (1958); to Cheilostomatida by Lee et al. (1997); to Flustrina by Schmidt (2003); and to Microporoidea by Gordon (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Macroporidae Uttley
1952Macroporidae Brown
1958Macroporidae Brown
1997Macroporidae Lee et al.
2003Macroporidae Schmidt
2012Macroporidae Gordon p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyMacroporidaeUttley 1949
familyMacroporidaeUttley 1949

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Macroporidae Uttley 1949
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G. †Eomacropora HÃ¥kansson et al. 2024
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Eomacropora molesta HÃ¥kansson et al. 2024
Eomacropora multilamellosa Canu and Bassler 1920
G. Macropora MacGillivray 1895
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Macropora clarkei Tenison-Woods 1877
Macropora clarkei attenuata Canu and Bassler 1935
Macropora crassatina Waters 1882
Macropora cribrilifera Maplestone 1901
Macropora grandis Hutton 1873
Macropora quadriseriata Canu and Bassler 1935
Invalid names: Macroporina [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available