Candidae

Candidae
Scrupocellaria reptans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Suborder:	Flustrina
Family:	Candidae d'Orbigny, 1851
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Cabereidae Busk, 1852 Scrupocellariidae Levinsen, 1909

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

1. "Candidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
2. "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.