Micropora

This article is about the genus of bryozoans. For the plant genus, see Hexapora.

Micropora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Microporidae
Genus:	Micropora Gray, 1848
Synonyms
PeneclausaJullien, 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: ^[1]

• 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

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