The Phidoloporidae is a family within the bryozoa

Bryozoa

The Bryozoa, also known as Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals, are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals. Typically about long, they are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water using a retractable lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles lined with cilia...

n order Cheilostomata

Cheilostomata

Cheilostomata, an order of Bryozoa in the class Gymnolaemata, are exclusively marine, colonial invertebrate animals. Cheilostome colonies are composed of calcium carbonate and grow on a variety of surfaces, including rocks, shells, seagrass and kelps. The colony shapes range from simple encrusting...

. The colonies of many genera grow in an upright, reticulate branching manner, which gave rise to one colloquial name for this group as 'lace corals'. Zooids generally open on one side of the branches.

Classification

This family was previously commonly known as Reteporidae Smitt (1868), which is a junior synonym of Phidoloporidae Gabb & Horn (1862).

• Family Phidoloporidae
  • Genus Bryorachis
  • Genus Chevron
  • Genus Dentiporella
  • Genus Dictyochasma
  • Genus Fodinella
  • Genus Hippellozoon
  • Genus Hippopozoon
  • Genus Iodictyum
  • Genus Lifuella
  • Genus Malleatia
  • Genus Metacleidochasma
  • Genus Phidolopora
  • Genus Plesiocleidochasma
  • Genus Psileschara
  • Genus Psilosecos
  • Genus Reteporella
  • Genus Reteporellina
  • Genus Rhynchozoon
  • Genus Schedocleidochasma
  • Genus Schizoretepora
  • Genus Schizotheca
  • Genus Sparsiporina
  • Genus Stephanollona
  • Genus Strophiella
  • Genus Triphyllozoon