Family DIAPEROECIIDAE Canu, 1918

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• Diaperoeciidae Canu, F. 1918. Les ovicelles des Bryozoaires cyclostomes. Étude sur quelques familles nouvelles et anciennes. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 4 16: 324-335.

Introduction

Canu (1918) defined the genus Diaperoecia, and the Family Diaperoeciidae, using Pustulopora intricaria Busk, 1875 as the type species. It is doubtful that Canu was studying specimens of this species, but was probably examining material from outside Australia that he had determined to be related. Subsequent work, e.g. Canu & Bassler (1920) has assigned numerous American and European fossil species to this genus. Since D. intricaria has not been re-evaluated since, the status of the family and the genus in relationship with other pustuloporid cyclostomes remains in doubt.

General References

Busk, G. 1875. Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum. Part 3. London : Trustees of the British Museum pp. 1-39.

Canu, F. 1918. Les ovicelles des Bryozoaires cyclostomes. Étude sur quelques familles nouvelles et anciennes. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 4 16: 324-335

Canu, F., & Bassler, R.S. 1920. North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. United States National Museum Bulletin 106: 1-879

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