Candidae
| Candidae | |
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| Scrupocellaria reptans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Suborder: | Flustrina |
| Family: | Candidae d'Orbigny, 1851 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Candidae is a family of gymnolaematan bryozoans (sea mats).[1]
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Candidae:[2]
- Amastigia Busk, 1852
- Aquiloniella Vieira, Spencer Jones, Winston, Migotto & Marques, 2014
- Aspiscellaria Vieira, Spencer Jones, Winston, Migotto & Marques, 2014
- †Bactrellaria Marsson, 1887
- Bathycellaria Vieira, Spencer Jones, Winston, Migotto & Marques, 2014
- Bobinella d'Hondt, 1981
- Bugulopsis Verrill, 1880
- Caberea Lamouroux, 1816
- Cabereopsis Hasenbank, 1932
- Canda Lamouroux, 1816
- Candoscrupocellaria d'Hondt & Gordon, 1996
- Cradoscrupocellaria Vieira, Spencer Jones & Winston, 2013
- Diplobicellariella d'Hondt, 1985
- Emma Gray, 1843
- †Eoscrupocellaria Voigt, 1991
- Eupaxia Hasenbank, 1932
- Hoplitella Levinsen, 1909
- Licornia van Beneden, 1850
- Maplestonia MacGillivray, 1885
- Menipea Lamouroux, 1812
- Monartron Canu & Bassler, 1929
- Notoplites Harmer, 1923
- Notoplitesigia d'Hondt, 1987
- Paralicornia Vieira, Spencer Jones, Winston, Migotto & Marques, 2014
- Penemia Gordon, 1986
- Pomocellaria Vieira, Spencer Jones, Winston, Migotto & Marques, 2014
- Pseudoporicellaria d'Hondt, 1987
- Scrupocaberea Vieira, Spencer Jones, Winston, Migotto & Marques, 2014
- Scrupocellaria van Beneden, 1845
- Scrupocellarinella d'Hondt & Schopf, 1985
- Scutoplites Reverter-Gil, Souto & Berning, 2025
- Semibugula Kluge, 1929
- Sinocellaria Vieira, Spencer Jones, Winston, Migotto & Marques, 2014
- †Synaptacella Maplestone, 1911
- Tricellaria Fleming, 1828
References
- ^ "Candidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Candidae d'Orbigny, 1851". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
Further reading
- Badve, R. M., and M. A. Sonar. "Some fossil neocheilostomine bryozoans from the Holocene of the west coast of Maharashtra and Goa, India." Jour. Palaeontol. Soc. India 42 (1997): 35–48.
- GORDON, Dennis. "Bryozoa of New Caledonia." Compendium of marine species of New Caledonia. Documents scientifiques et techniques (2006): 157–168.
- Vieira, Leandro M., et al. "Evidence for polyphyly of the genus Scrupocellaria (Bryozoa: Candidae) based on a phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters." PLoS ONE 9.4 (2014): e95296.
- Vieira, Leandro M., et al. "Evidence for polyphyly of the genus Scrupocellaria (Bryozoa: Candidae) based on a phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters." PLoS ONE 9.4 (2014): e95296.