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Moyanopora

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae

Taxonomy
Moyanopora was named by Gordon and Taylor (2015) [Colony encrusting, unilamellar. Autozooidal frontal shield comprising an interior-wall layer that partially overhangs the opesia on all sides, often constricted to leave a central hourglass foramen over the opesia. Small adventitious avicularia present on the zooidal margin, immersed in frontal-shield calcification. Ooecium recumbent, immersed in similar calcification. No spines. Recessed mural septula present.].

It was assigned to Arachnopusiidae by Gordon and Taylor (2015).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Moyanopora Gordon and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
infraorderUmbonulomorphaGordon 1989
superfamilyArachnopusioideaJullien 1888
familyArachnopusiidaeJullien 1888
genusMoyanopora

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.

G. †Moyanopora Gordon and Taylor 2015
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Moyanopora hugoi Gordon and Taylor 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available