Micropora

Micropora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Microporidae
Genus:	Micropora; Gray, 1848
Synonyms
	Peneclausa Jullien, 1888;

Micropora is a genus of bryozoans in the family Microporidae. Colonies are always encrusting.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Micropora:

Micropora acorecia Berning & Wisshak, 2024
Micropora acuminata Winston, 2005
Micropora africana d'Orbigny, 1852
Micropora amapaensis Ramalho & Moraes, 2021
†Micropora amphora (von Hagenow, 1839)
†Micropora angulata Levinsen, 1925
Micropora angusta MacGillivray, 1887
Micropora angustiscapulis Winston, Vieira & Woollacott, 2014
†Micropora ansata (von Hagenow, 1839)
Micropora aspinosa De Blauwe & Gordon, 2014
†Micropora bengalensis Guha & Nathan, 1996
†Micropora biforis (Marsson, 1887)
Micropora biopesiula Pica & Berning, 2022
Micropora brevissima Waters, 1904
Micropora cervicornis d'Hondt & Mascarell, 2010
†Micropora chathamica Gordon & Taylor, 2015
Micropora coriacea (Esper, 1791)
Micropora coriacea (Johnston, 1847)
†Micropora cribriformis Gregory, 1893
Micropora elegans Maplestone, 1901
Micropora equilateralis d'Hondt & Gordon, 1999
†Micropora erecta Canu, 1910
Micropora erecta Boonzaaier-Davids, Florence & Gibbons, 2020
†Micropora erratica (Voigt, 1924)
Micropora finisterrae Moyano, 1994
Micropora fissurata Waters, 1927
†Micropora gouetensis Balavoine, 1960
Micropora gracilis (Uttley, 1949)
†Micropora hennigiana Berthelsen, 1962
†Micropora hexagona (Zagorsek, 1994)
Micropora inexpectata Moyano, 2002
Micropora karukinkaensis Moyano, 1994
Micropora latiavicula Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007
†Micropora lozengia Ziko, Hamza & EI Safori, 1994
†Micropora lunipuncta Maplestone, 1901
Micropora mawatarii Arakawa, 2016
†Micropora mikesmithi Taylor & Villier, 2022
†Micropora minuticella Canu & Bassler, 1920
Micropora mortenseni Livingstone, 1929
†Micropora multicrescens Brydone, 1936
Micropora nodimagna Ramalho & Calliari, 2015
†Micropora nordenskjoeldi Hara, Mörs, Hagström & Reguero, 2018
Micropora normani Levinsen, 1909
Micropora notialis Hayward & Ryland, 1993
†Micropora ogivalina Canu & Bassler, 1933
†Micropora papyracea (Reuss, 1848)
†Micropora parvicella Canu & Lecointre, 1927
†Micropora perforata David, Mongereau & Pouyet, 1972
Micropora plana Arakawa, 2016
†Micropora pseudobiforis Voigt, 1962
†Micropora quadriporosa Gordon & Taylor, 1999
Micropora rimulata Canu & Bassler, 1929
Micropora robusta Cook, 1985
Micropora santacruzana Soule, Soule & Chaney, 1995
Micropora selknami Moyano, 1994
Micropora similis Hayward & Cook, 1983
†Micropora speculum (Marsson, 1887)
†Micropora stellata Di Martino, Taylor & Portell, 2019
Micropora stenostoma (Busk, 1854)
†Micropora stevensis Levinsen, 1925
†Micropora transversa (d'Orbigny, 1851)
†Micropora urceolus (Eichwald, 1865)
†Micropora urhidensis Zagorsek, 2001
Micropora variperforata Waters, 1887
†Micropora vredenburgi Guha & Gopikrishna, 2005

References

↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Micropora Gray, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-27.

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Micropora Gray, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-27.