''Celleporella'' is a genus of
bryozoans
Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. Typically about long, they have a special feeding structure called a l ...
belonging to the family
Hippothoidae
Hippothoidae is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order Cheilostomatida
Cheilostomatida, also called Cheilostomata, is an order of Bryozoa in the class Gymnolaemata.
They are exclusively marine, colonial invertebrate animals. Cheilostome ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
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Celleporella alia''
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Celleporella angusta''
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Celleporella annularis''
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Celleporella carolinensis''
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Celleporella catenifera''
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Celleporella chilina''
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Celleporella concava''
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Celleporella cornuta''
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Celleporella felderi''
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Celleporella hyalina
''Celleporella hyalina'' is a species of bryozoans belonging to the family Hippothoidae.
It has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most ...
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Celleporella marionensis''
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Celleporella nodasakae''
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Celleporella osiani''
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Celleporella reflexa''
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Celleporella retiformis''
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Celleporella tehuelcha''
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Celleporella tuberculata''
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Celleporella uberrima''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q6579188
Bryozoan genera