Chaperia

Chaperia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Chaperiidae
Genus:	Chaperia Jullien, 1881
Synonyms
ChaperiellaStrand, 1928 ChapperiaWilley, 1900

Chaperia is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Chaperiidae. ^[1]

The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. ^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Chaperia: ^[2]

• Chaperia acanthina (Lamouroux, 1825)
• Chaperia albispina (MacGillivray, 1882)
• Chaperia atypica Boonzaaier-Davids, Ma & McQuaid, 2023
• Chaperia australis Jullien, 1881
• † Chaperia barretoi Brown, 1952
• Chaperia brasiliensis Vieira, Gordon, Souza & Haddad, 2010
• Chaperia capensis (Busk, 1884)
• Chaperia ciliata (MacGillivray, 1869)
• Chaperia granulosa Gordon, 1986
• Chaperia infundibulata d'Hondt, 1988
• Chaperia judex (Kirkpatrick, 1888)
• † Chaperia laticella Canu, 1908
• † Chaperia maorica (Stoliczka, 1865)
• Chaperia multispinosa Gordon, 1984
• † Chaperia parva Brown, 1952
• Chaperia patula (Hincks, 1881)
• Chaperia polygonia Kluge, 1914
• † Chaperia robusta Di Martino, Rosso & Taylor, 2025
• Chaperia semiaperta (Reuss, 1874) †
• Chaperia septispina Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007
• Chaperia setigera (Hincks, 1881)
• † Chaperia spatulata (Waters, 1881)
• Chaperia taylori Ramalho & Calliari, 2015
• Chaperia varians (O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1923)

References

1. "Chaperia Jullien, 1881". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chaperia Jullien, 1881". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-19.