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Membranipora
Sign in to saveMembranipora is a genus of bryozoans in the family Membraniporidae. A typical example is the widely distributed species Membranipora membranacea that commonly encrusts seaweeds, particularly fronds of the kelps Laminaria digitata, L. hyperborea, and Saccorhiza polyschides.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumBryozoa
- ClassGymnolaemata
- OrderCheilostomatida
- FamilyMembraniporidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,109
- With media
- 207
- Family
- Membraniporidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, LACM, CAS, UF, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Norway, United States, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Membraniporidae
- Image
- Membranipora membranacea.jpg
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- Commons category
- Membranipora
- taxon name
- Membranipora
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- de Blainville, 1830
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Reproduction
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Membranipora is a genus of bryozoans in the family Membraniporidae. A typical example is the widely distributed species Membranipora membranacea that commonly encrusts seaweeds, particularly fronds of the kelps Laminaria digitata, L. hyperborea, and Saccorhiza polyschides.
Colonies of M. membranacea show different forms of polyphenism as spines, tower zooids, chimneys and stolons.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Membranipora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.