• Calyptotheca Harmer, S.F. 1957. The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4. Cheilostomata Ascophora II. Siboga-Expéditie Report 28D: 641-1147 [1008].

  Type species:

   Schizoporella nivea wasinensis Waters, 1913 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka

History of changes

• Lepralia anceps Macgillivray, P.H. 1879. Polyzoa. 21-40, pls 35-39 in McCoy, F. (ed.). Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria Decade 4. Melbourne : George Robertson. [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F45693 1 slide, Warrnambool, VIC.

Generic Combinations

• Calyptotheca anceps (MacGillivray, 1879).

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Bass Strait

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, continental shelf, filter-feeder, sessile, subtidal.

History of changes

• Hemeschara australis Haswell, W.A. 1881. On some Polyzoa from the Queensland coast. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5: 33-44 [41].

Generic Combinations

• Schizoporella australis (Haswell, 1881). —
  Hastings, A.B. 1932. The Polyzoa, with a note on an associated hydroid. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(12): 399-458 [417]
• Schizomavella australis (Haswell, 1880).
• Calyptotheca australis (Haswell, 1880). —
  Tilbrook, K.J. 2006. Cheilostomatous Bryozoa from the Solomon Islands. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs 4(Studies in Biodiversity Number 3): 1-386 [224-226]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, continental shelf, filter-feeder, sessile, subtidal.

Notes

Parker ms includes this in Metroperiella.

History of changes

• Calyptotheca churro Sebastian, P. & Cumming, R. L. 2016. Three new species of Calyptotheca (Bryozoa: Lanceoporidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, tropical Australia. Zootaxa 4079(4): 467–479 [475].

  Type data:

   Holotype MTQ G26521, Shark Beach, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef [23°26.6039' S, 151°55.1293’ E].
  Paratype(s) MTQ G26525, same data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Calyptotheca conica Cook, P.L. 1965. Notes on some Polyzoa with conical zoaria. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 6: 435-454 [437].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1892.1.28.76A, Holothuria Bank, off Cape Talbot, northwestern Australia.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1892.1.28.76C (data as for holotype).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

General References

Cumming, R.L. & Tilbrook, K.J. 2014. Six species of Calyptotheca (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata, Lanceoporidae) from the Gulf of Carpentaria and northern Australia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3827(2): 147–169 [155] (new records)

History of changes

• Schizoporella inclusa Thornely, L.R. 1906. Additions and corrections. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar 4: 449-450 [450].

Generic Combinations

• Calyptotheca inclusa (Thornley, 1906). —
  Tilbrook, K.J. 2006. Cheilostomatous Bryozoa from the Solomon Islands. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs 4(Studies in Biodiversity Number 3): 1-386 [226-227]
• Schizomavella inclusa (Thornley, 1906).
• Metroperiella inclusa (Thornely, 1906).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Sri Lanka

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, continental shelf, filter-feeder, sessile, subtidal.

Notes

Possible record as Schizoporella subimmersa var. nov. Waters 1880, from Green Point, NSW, fide S.Parker.

History of changes

• Calyptotheca lardil Cumming, R.L. & Tilbrook, K.J. 2014. Six species of Calyptotheca (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata, Lanceoporidae) from the Gulf of Carpentaria and northern Australia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3827(2): 147–169 [164].

  Type data:

   Holotype MTQ G26483 colony, Queensland, Bryomol Reef [16°26.312'S, 139°52.748'E].
  Paratype(s) MTQ several colonies.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

History of changes

• Calyptotheca perpendiculata Tilbrook, K.J. 2006. Cheilostomatous Bryozoa from the Solomon Islands. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs 4(Studies in Biodiversity Number 3): 1-386 [222-223].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1996.2.23.118, Station 14, Heron Island, Australia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Calyptotheca rupicola Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. 1995. Bryozoa from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 533-573 [555].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G304959 1 colony, Heron Island, Qld, Stn 7.
  Paratype(s) QM G304966 1 colony, Heron Island, Qld, Stn B21.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, coral reef, encrusting, filter-feeder, sessile, subtidal.

History of changes

• Lepralia subimmersa Macgillivray, P.H. 1879. Polyzoa. 21-40, pls 35-39 in McCoy, F. (ed.). Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria Decade 4. Melbourne : George Robertson. [23].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV F45719 7 slides, Warrnambool, VIC.

Generic Combinations

• Calyptotheca subimmersa (MacGillivray, 1879).

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, continental shelf, filter-feeder, sessile, subtidal.

History of changes

• Calyptotheca tenuata Harmer, S.F. 1957. The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4. Cheilostomata Ascophora II. Siboga-Expéditie Report 28D: 641-1147 [1016].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, continental shelf, filter-feeder, sessile.

History of changes

• Calyptotheca thornelyae Dumont, J.P.C. 1981. A report on the cheilostome Bryozoa of the Sudanese Red Sea. Journal of Natural History 15: 623-637.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, continental shelf, coral reef, filter-feeder, sessile.

Notes

Red Sea occurrence.

History of changes

• Calyptotheca tilbrooki Sebastian, P. & Cumming, R. L. 2016. Three new species of Calyptotheca (Bryozoa: Lanceoporidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, tropical Australia. Zootaxa 4079(4): 467–479 [472].

  Type data:

   Holotype MTQ G26785, Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Innisfail region [17°59.1' S, 146°47.5' E].
  Paratype(s) MTQ G26786, Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Shoalwater Bay region [21°73.5' S, 149°.60.5' E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Schizoporella triangula Hincks, T. 1881. Contributions towards a general history of the marine Polyzoa. VI. Polyzoa from Bass's Straits. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 8: 1-14, 122-128 [12].

Generic Combinations

• Calyptotheca triangula (Hincks, 1881).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, continental shelf, filter-feeder, sessile, subtidal.

History of changes

• Calyptotheca trimandibulata Cumming, R.L. & Sebastian, P. 2018. New encrusting species of Lanceoporidae (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4500: 104-114 [105].

  Type data:

   Holotype MTQ G101182, central Swains Complex, southern GBR, 66m, Queensland [-21.313681° S, 151.962273° E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Schizomavella triquetra Harmer, S.F. 1957. The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4. Cheilostomata Ascophora II. Siboga-Expéditie Report 28D: 641-1147 [1027].

Generic Combinations

• Calyptotheca triquetra (Harmer, 1957).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread: "from Southeast Asia to Melanesia, with records from East Timor and Flores, Indonesia (Harmer 1957), the Philippines (Ristedt & Hillmer 1985), China (Liu et al. 2001), Heron Island, GBR, the Solomon Islands" (Cumming & Tilbrook 2014: 163)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Cellepora variolosa Macgillivray, P.H. 1869. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Australian Polyzoa; to which is added a list of species found in Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 9: 126-148 [137].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F45867 1 slide, Queenscliff, Victoria.
• Schizoporella biturrita Hincks, T. 1884. Contributions towards a general history of the marine Polyzoa. XIII. Polyzoa from Victoria and Western Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 13: 363-369; 14: 276-285 [280].
• Schizoporella baccata Maplestone, C.M. 1913. New or little-known Polyzoa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria 25: 357-362 [358].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F45694 1 slide, Portland, Victoria.

Generic Combinations

• Calyptotheca variolosa (MacGillivray, 1869).

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, continental shelf, filter-feeder, sessile, subtidal.

History of changes

• Schizoporella nivea wasinensis Waters, A.W. 1913. The marine fauna of British East Africa and Zanzibar, from collections made by Cyril Crossland M.A.,B.Sc.,F.Z.S., in the years 1901-1902. Bryozoa - Cheilostomata. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 458-537 [504] [as var.].

  Type data:

   Holotype British East Africa.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Queensland, Bryomol Reef and SE Gulf of Carpentaria; NT, Beagle Gulf

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Calyptotheca wulguru Sebastian, P. & Cumming, R. L. 2016. Three new species of Calyptotheca (Bryozoa: Lanceoporidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, tropical Australia. Zootaxa 4079(4): 467–479 [469].

  Type data:

   Holotype MTQ G26777, Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Townsville region [18°48.5' S, 146°50' E].
  Paratype(s) MTQ G26776 & G26778–83, same data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes