Flustrina

Flustrina; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Colony of Flustra foliacea (Flustridae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Suborder:	Flustrina; Smitt, 1868
Synonyms
	Anasca; Ascophora; Ascophorina; Neocheilostomatina;

Flustrina is a suborder under the order Cheilostomatida of gymnolaematan Bryozoa (sea mats).

Description

The structure of the individual zooids is generally simple, a box-like chamber of calcium carbonate, the polypides reaching out through an uncalcified flexible frontal wall, often surrounded by numerous spines. Like in other gymnolaematans, their lophophore is protruded by muscles that pull on the frontal wall of the zooid.

Taxonomy and systematics

In some treatments, the Flustrina are restricted to the superfamilies Calloporoidea and Flustroidea and ranked as infraorder alongside the Cellulariomorpha which contain three other superfamilies.^[1]

The obsolete suborder Anasca previously included the members of this suborder before being deprecated.^[2]

The following superfamilies, and families are recognised in the suborder Flustrina:^[3]

Superfamily Adeonoidea Busk, 1884
- Adeonidae Busk, 1884
- †Diedroporidae Gordon & Taylor, 2015
- Inversiulidae Vigneaux, 1949

Superfamily Arachnopusioidea Jullien, 1888
- Arachnopusiidae Jullien, 1888
- Exechonellidae Harmer, 1957

Superfamily Bifaxarioidea Busk, 1884
- Bifaxariidae Busk, 1884
- Mixtopeltidae Gordon, 1994
- †Inversiulidae Marsson, 1887

Superfamily Buguloidea Gray, 1848
- Beaniidae Canu & Bassler, 1927
- Bugulidae Gray, 1848
- Candidae d'Orbigny, 1851
- Epistomiidae Gregory, 1893
- Euoplozoidae Harmer, 1926
- Jubellidae Reverter-Gil & Fernández-Pulpeiro, 2001
- Rhabdozoidae MacGillivray, 1887

Superfamily Calloporoidea Norman, 1903
- Antroporidae Vigneaux, 1949
- Bryopastoridae d'Hondt & Gordon, 1999
- Calloporidae Norman, 1903
- Chaperiidae Jullien, 1888
- Cupuladriidae Lagaaij, 1952
- Cymuloporidae Winston & Vieira, 2013
- Doryporellidae Grischenko, Taylor & Mawatari, 2004
- Ellisinidae Vigneaux, 1949
- Farciminariidae Busk, 1852
- Foveolariidae Gordon & Winston, 2005
- Heliodomidae Vigneaux, 1949
- Hiantoporidae Gregory, 1893
- Mourellinidae Reverter-Gil, Souto & Fernández-Pulpeiro, 2011
- Pyrisinellidae di Martino & Taylor, 2012
- Quadricellariidae Gordon, 1984
- Vinculariidae Busk, 1852

Superfamily Catenicelloidea Busk, 1852
- Catenicellidae Busk, 1852
- †Concatenellidae Bock & Cook, 1996
- Eurystomellidae Levinsen, 1909
- Petalostegidae Gordon, 1984
- Savignyellidae Levinsen, 1909

Superfamily Cellarioidea Fleming, 1828
- Cellariidae Fleming, 1828
- Membranicellariidae Levinsen, 1909

Superfamily Celleporoidea Johnston, 1838
- Celleporidae Johnston, 1838
- Colatooeciidae Winston, 2005
- Hippoporidridae Vigneaux, 1949
- Phidoloporidae Gabb & Horn, 1862

Superfamily Chlidoniopsoidea Harmer, 1957
- Chlidoniopsidae Harmer, 1957

Superfamily Conescharellinoidea Levinsen, 1909
- Batoporidae Neviani, 1901
- Conescharellinidae Levinsen, 1909
- †Cuvillieridae Annoscia, 1965
- Lekythoporidae Levinsen, 1909
- Orbituliporidae Canu & Bassler, 1923

Superfamily Cribrilinoidea Hincks, 1879
- Cribrilinidae Hincks, 1879
- Euthyroididae Levinsen, 1909
- Inversiscaphidae Winston & Jackson, 2021
- †Lekythoglenidae Marsson, 1887
- Polliciporidae Moyano, 2000
- Vitrimurellidae Winston, Vieira & Woollacott, 2014

Superfamily Didymoselloidea Brown, 1952
- Didymosellidae Brown, 1952

Superfamily Euthyriselloidea Bassler, 1953
- Clathrolunulidae Gordon & Sanner, 2020
- Euthyrisellidae Bassler, 1953
- Neoeuthyroididae Gordon & Sanner, 2020

Superfamily Flustroidea Fleming, 1828
- Flustridae Fleming, 1828

Superfamily Hippothooidea Busk, 1859
- Chorizoporidae Vigneaux, 1949
- †Dysnoetoporidae Voigt, 1971
- Haplopomidae Gordon in De Blauwe, 2009
- Hippothoidae Busk, 1859
- Pasytheidae Davis, 1934
- Trypostegidae Gordon, Tilbrook & Winston, 2005

Superfamily Lepralielloidea Vigneaux, 1949
- Atlantisinidae Berning, Harmelin & Bader, 2017
- Bryocryptellidae Vigneaux, 1949
- †Cheilhorneropsidae Annoscia, Braga & Finotti, 1984
- Dhondtiscidae Gordon, 1989
- Escharellidae Levinsen, 1909
- Exochellidae Bassler, 1935
- Gemelliporellidae Vigneaux, 1949
- Hincksiporidae Powell, 1968
- Jaculinidae Zabala, 1986
- Metrarabdotosidae Vigneaux, 1949
- Romancheinidae Jullien, 1888
- Sclerodomidae Levinsen, 1909
- †Sfeniellidae Gordon, 2006
- Tessaradomidae Jullien, 1903

Superfamily Lunulitoidea Lagaaij, 1952
- Lunulariidae Levinsen, 1909
- †Lunulitidae Lagaaij, 1952
- Otionellidae Bock & Cook, 1998
- Selenariidae Busk, 1854

Superfamily Mamilloporoidea Canu & Bassler, 1927
- Ascosiidae Jullien, 1882
- Cleidochasmatidae Cheetham & Sandberg, 1964
- Crepidacanthidae Levinsen, 1909
- †Schizorthosecidae Gordon & Sanner, 2020

Superfamily Microporoidea Gray, 1848
- Alysidiidae Levinsen, 1909
- Aspidostomatidae Jullien, 1888
- Calescharidae Cook & Bock, 2001
- †Cardabiellidae Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor, 2024
- Chlidoniidae Busk, 1884
- Granomuridae Gordon, 2021
- Microporidae Gray, 1848
- Onychocellidae Jullien, 1882
- Poricellariidae Harmer, 1926
- Setosellidae Levinsen, 1909

Superfamily Monoporelloidea Hincks, 1882
- Macroporidae Uttley, 1949
- Monoporellidae Hincks, 1882

Superfamily Pseudolepralioidea Silén, 1942
- †Brydonellidae Taylor, Casadío & Gordon, 2008
- Pseudolepraliidae Silén, 1942

Superfamily Schizoporelloidea Jullien, 1883
- Acoraniidae López-Fé, 2006
- Actisecidae Harmer, 1957
- †Bryobaculidae Rosso, 2002
- Buffonellidae Jullien, 1888
- Calwelliidae MacGillivray, 1887
- Cheiloporinidae Bassler, 1936
- Cryptosulidae Vigneaux, 1949
- Cyclicoporidae Hincks, 1884
- †Duvergieriidae Vigneaux, 1949
- Echinovadomidae Tilbrook, 2001
- Eminooeciidae Hayward & Thorpe, 1988
- Escharinidae Tilbrook, 2006
- Fatkullinidae Grischenko, Gordon & Morozov, 2018
- Fenestrulinidae Jullien, 1888
- Gigantoporidae Bassler, 1935
- Hippaliosinidae Winston, 2005
- Hippopodinidae Levinsen, 1909
- Lacernidae Jullien, 1888
- Marcusadoreidae Winston, Vieira & Woollacott, 2014
- Margarettidae Harmer, 1957
- Mawatariidae Gordon, 1990
- Microporellidae Hincks, 1879
- Myriaporidae Gray, 1841
- Pacificincolidae Liu & Liu, 1999
- Petraliidae Levinsen, 1909
- Phoceanidae Vigneaux, 1949
- Phorioppniidae Gordon & d'Hondt, 1997
- Porinidae d'Orbigny, 1852
- Robertsonidridae Rosso, 2010
- Schizoporellidae Jullien, 1882
- Stomachetosellidae Canu & Bassler, 1917
- Tetraplariidae Harmer, 1957
- Teuchoporidae Neviani, 1895
- Vicidae Gordon, 1988

Superfamily †Scorioporoidea Gordon, 2002
- †Nephroporidae Marsson, 1887
- †Scorioporidae Gordon, 2002

Superfamily Siphonicytaroidea Harmer, 1957
- Siphonicytaridae Harmer, 1957

Superfamily Smittinoidea Levinsen, 1909
- Bitectiporidae MacGillivray, 1895
- Lanceoporidae Harmer, 1957
- Powellithecidae Di Martino, Taylor, Gordon & Liow, 2016
- Smittinidae Levinsen, 1909
- Watersiporidae Vigneaux, 1949
- Smittinoidea incertae sedis

Superfamily Umbonuloidea Canu, 1904
- Fulgurellidae Grischenko, Gordon & Melnik, 2024
- Umbonulidae Canu, 1904

Superfamily Urceoliporoidea Bassler, 1936
- Prostomariidae MacGillivray, 1895
- Urceoliporidae Bassler, 1936

Flustrina incertae sedis
- Bicorniferidae Keij, 1977
- Borioplebidae Gordon, 2021
- †Coscinopleuridae Canu, 1913
- †Fusicellariidae Canu, 1900
- †Skyloniidae Sandberg, 1963

References

^ BryoZone (2004): Taxa Hierarchy
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Anasca". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Flustrina incertae sedis". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-09-05.

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[1] BryoZone (2004): Taxa Hierarchy

[2] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Anasca". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2017-03-10.

[3] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Flustrina incertae sedis". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-09-05.

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