Family PUSTULOPORIDAE Smitt, 1872

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Introduction

The genus Pustulopora was introduced by de Blainville (1830) for Ceriopora pustulosa, a Cretaceous fossil. The family Pustuloporidae was defined by Smitt (1872), and has been used, alternatively with Entalophoridae Reuss, 1869, for erect branched cyclostomes where the zooids are directed radially on the entire branch surface. The relationship of any Recent species with the fossil pustuloporids (or entalophorids) has never been studied in detail. The family here is used to include species which, at present, cannot be assigned to any other family.

General References

Blainville, H.M.D. de 1830. Zoophytes. In, Levrault, F.G. (ed.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement a l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Paris : Le Normat Tome 60 546 pp, 68 pls (+ pp. 547-631).

Smitt, F.A. 1872. Floridan Bryozoa collected by Count L.F. de Pourtales, Part 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 10: 1-20

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