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Microporidae
Taxonomy
Microporidae was named by Hincks (1880). It is extant. Its type is Micropora.
It was assigned to Chilostomata by Ulrich and Bassler (1904); to Coilostega by Bassler (1953); to Membraniporidae by Brown (1952), Brown (1958); to Cheilostomatida by Lee et al. (1997); to Flustrina by Gordon and Taylor (1999); to Anasca by Cheetham (1962), Pouyet (2000); and to Microporoidea by Schmidt (2003), Berning (2006), Gordon (2012), Di Martino and Taylor (2013), Gordon and Taylor (2015).
It was assigned to Chilostomata by Ulrich and Bassler (1904); to Coilostega by Bassler (1953); to Membraniporidae by Brown (1952), Brown (1958); to Cheilostomatida by Lee et al. (1997); to Flustrina by Gordon and Taylor (1999); to Anasca by Cheetham (1962), Pouyet (2000); and to Microporoidea by Schmidt (2003), Berning (2006), Gordon (2012), Di Martino and Taylor (2013), Gordon and Taylor (2015).
Subtaxa
Andreella, Apiophragma, Calpensia, Cianotremella, Dimorphostylus, Escharipora, Gargantua, Manzonella, Micropora (type genus), Microporina, Mollia, Monsella, Monsellinae, Nematoporella (syn. Nematopora), Opaeophora (syn. Foraminella), Poropeltarion, Promicropora, Puncturiella, Puncturiellina, Rectimicropora, Reptescharinella, Reussinella (syn. Reussina), Rimosocella, Scriblitopora, Steraechmella, Stictostega, Verminaria
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1852 | Eschariporidae d'Orbigny pp. 217, 339 |
| 1880 | Microporidae Hincks |
| 1888 | Opesiulidae Jullien |
| 1904 | Microporidae Ulrich and Bassler p. 414 |
| 1923 | Calpensiidae Canu and Basler |
| 1935 | Opesiulidae Canu and Bassler |
| 1949 | Monsellinae Vigneaux p. 43 |
| 1952 | Microporidae Brown |
| 1953 | Calpensiidae Bassler p. G171 |
| 1953 | Microporidae Bassler p. G169 |
| 1958 | Microporidae Brown |
| 1962 | Microporidae Cheetham p. 325 |
| 1997 | Microporidae Lee et al. |
| 1999 | Microporidae Gordon and Taylor |
| 1999 | Calpensiidae Wienrich p. 273 |
| 2000 | Calpensiidae Pouyet |
| 2000 | Microporidae Pouyet |
| 2003 | Microporidae Schmidt |
| 2006 | Microporidae Berning p. 34 |
| 2012 | Microporidae Gordon p. 4 |
| 2013 | Microporidae Di Martino and Taylor p. 87 |
| 2015 | Microporidae Gordon and Taylor |
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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. Microporidae Hincks 1880
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G. Apiophragma Hayward and Ryland 1993
G. †Cianotremella Canu 1911
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†Cianotremella dimorpha Håkansson et al. 2024
†Cianotremella gigantea Canu 1911
†Cianotremella pilbara Håkansson et al. 2024
G. †Dimorphostylus Voigt 1925
G. Gargantua Jullien 1888
G. †Manzonella Jullien 1888
G. Micropora Gray 1848
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†Micropora carinata Maplestone 1901
†Micropora chathamica Gordon and Taylor 2015
Micropora coriacea Johnston 1847
Micropora elegans Maplestone 1901
†Micropora papyracea Reuss 1848
†Micropora quadriporosa Gordon and Taylor 1999
†Micropora rhombica Eichwald 1847
†Micropora vredenburgi Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
G. Microporina Levinsen 1909
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†Microporina biswasi Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
Microporina borealis Busk 1855
G. †Monsella Canu 1900
G. †Nematoporella Canu and Bassler 1927
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†Nematoporella ovata Duvergier 1921
Invalid names: Nematopora Duvergier 1921 [replaced]
G. Opaeophora Brown 1948
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Opaeophora lepida Hincks 1881
Opaeophora lepida monopia Brown 1952
Invalid names: Foraminella Levinsen 1909 [replaced]
G. †Poropeltarion Cheetham 1963
G. Promicropora d'Hondt and Gordon 1999
G. †Puncturiella Voigt 1987
G. †Puncturiellina Voigt 1987
G. Rectimicropora Hayward and Winston 2011
G. †Reptescharinella d'Orbigny 1852
G. Scriblitopora Hayward and Winston 2011
Invalid names: Calpensiidae Canu and Basler 1923 [synonym], Eschariporidae d'Orbigny 1852 [synonym], Monsellinae Vigneaux 1949 [invalid subgroup], Opesiulidae Jullien 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available