WoRMS taxon details
Disporella Gray, 1848
111044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111044)
accepted
Genus
Discoporella Busk, 1875 · unaccepted
Orosopora Canu & Bassler, 1920 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Disporella alaskensis Osburn, 1953
- Species Disporella alboranensis Alvarez, 1992
- Species Disporella algoensis (Busk, 1875)
- Species Disporella astraea Osburn, 1953
- Species Disporella borgi Alvarez, 1995
- Species Disporella boutani Alvarez, 1995
- Species Disporella brasiliana Winston, Vieira & Woollacott, 2014
- Species Disporella bullata (MacGillivray, 1887)
- Species Disporella buski (Harmer, 1915)
- Species Disporella buskiana (Canu & Bassler, 1928)
- Species Disporella calcitrapa Winston & Vieira, 2013
- Species Disporella canaliculata (Busk, 1876)
- Species Disporella capillata (Kirkpatrick, 1890)
- Species Disporella clypeiformis (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- Species Disporella complicata (Haswell, 1880)
- Species Disporella composita (Waters, 1918)
- Species Disporella compta Dick, Tilbrook & Mawatari, 2006
- Species Disporella cookae David & Pouyet, 1986
- Species Disporella crassa Borg, 1944
- Species Disporella crassiuscula (Smitt, 1867)
- Species Disporella cristata (Busk, 1875)
- Species Disporella densiporoides Moyano, 1982
- Species Disporella ezoensis Taylor & Grischenko, 2015
- Species Disporella fimbriata (Busk, 1875)
- Species Disporella guada Harmelin, Taylor & Waeschenbach, 2021
- Species Disporella harmeri (Neviani, 1939)
- Species Disporella hispida (Fleming, 1828)
- Species Disporella humilis Gordon & Taylor, 2001
- Species Disporella imperialis (Ortmann, 1890)
- Species Disporella julesi d'Hondt & Mascarell, 2004
- Species Disporella magnifica (MacGillivray, 1887)
- Species Disporella novaehollandiae (d'Orbigny, 1853)
- Species Disporella octoradiata (Waters, 1904)
- Species Disporella osburni Winston & Jackson, 2021
- Species Disporella ovoidea Osburn, 1953
- Species Disporella phaohoa Dick, Ngai & Doan, 2020
- Species Disporella pila Marcus, 1955
- Species Disporella piramidata Alvarez, 1992
- Species Disporella plumosa Winston & Hakansson, 1986
- Species Disporella porosa (Haswell, 1880)
- Species Disporella pristis (MacGillivray, 1884)
- Species Disporella robusta Alvarez, 1992
- Species Disporella sacculus Gordon & Taylor, 2001
- Species Disporella sagamiensis (Okada, 1917)
- Species Disporella separata Osburn, 1953
- Species Disporella smitti (Calvet, 1907)
- Species Disporella spinulosa Jullien, 1888
- Species Disporella tridentata (Haswell, 1880)
- Species Disporella truncata (Philipps, 1900)
- Species Disporella violacea (Canu & Bassler, 1928)
- Species Disporella wanganuiensis (Waters, 1887)
- Species Disporella wilsoni (MacGillivray, 1887)
- Species Disporella xianqiureni Liu, Liu & Zágoršek, 2019
- Species Disporella zurigneae Alvarez, 1992
- Species Disporella cristata (MacGillivray, 1887) accepted as Diaperoecia cristata (MacGillivray, 1887) (Error in Busk (1944))
- Species Disporella minicamera Gordon & Taylor, 2010 accepted as Saccocamera minicamera (Gordon & Taylor, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
- Species Disporella minima Moyano, 1991 accepted as Saccocamera minima (Moyano, 1991) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Disporella minutissima Gordon & Taylor, 2010 accepted as Saccocamera minutissima (Gordon & Taylor, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Disporella neapolitana (Waters, 1918) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Disporella sibogae Borg, 1944 accepted as Disporella wanganuiensis (Waters, 1887)
- Species Disporella californica (d'Orbigny, 1853) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Disporella infundibuliformis (Busk, 1876) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J.E. (1848). List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Centroniae or radiated animals. 1: 1-173., available online at http://books.google.at/books?id=XlemrRFHo7cC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Disporella Gray, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111044 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1848). List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Centroniae or radiated animals. 1: 1-173., available online at http://books.google.at/books?id=XlemrRFHo7cC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Orosopora Canu & Bassler, 1920) Canu, F.; Bassler, R. S. (1920). North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 106: 1-879. (2 vols.)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/946782
page(s): 822 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Orosopora Canu & Bassler, 1920) Canu, F.; Bassler, R. S. (1920). North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 106: 1-879. (2 vols.)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/946782
page(s): 822 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source De_blauwe, H. (2009). Mosdiertjes van de Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee: Determinatiewerk voor België en Nederland. <em>Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Oostende.</em> 464., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=138282 [details]
additional source Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 271-297. [details]

additional source De_blauwe, H. (2009). Mosdiertjes van de Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee: Determinatiewerk voor België en Nederland. <em>Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Oostende.</em> 464., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=138282 [details]
additional source Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 271-297. [details]




Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]