Cribrilinidae Hincks, 1879

Colony encrusting or erect. Frontal wall with extensive area of frontal membrane, almost entirely concealed by a shield of calcified hollow flattened spines, merging as a costal area, with openings between the spines for the passage of water from the epistegal space beneath the shield. Pseudopores may be present on the costal spines. Gymnocyst extensive to absent. The primary orifice is uncalcified; the opening in the frontal shield is a secondary calcified orifice, its appearance variable, depending on the development of the distal pair of costal spines. Oral spines present in some forms. Avicularia adventitious, or interzooidal to vicarious, or absent. Ovicells hyperstomial, prominent; with smooth calcification or with varying types of windows in the ectooecium, or with pseudopores.

The great variety of Cretaceous cribrimorphs have been subdivided, by Lang (1916, 1922), into at least 11 other families, with several subfamilies. Until a modern revision is attempted, these are all included here into the family Cribrilinidae. These families are:

The family Cribrilinidae sensu lato includes the genera:

  1. Abdomenopora
  2. Acanthobaktron
  3. Aeolopora
  4. Anaptopora
  5. Anaskopora
  6. Andriopora
  7. Angelopora
  8. Anornithopora
  9. Anotopora
  10. Antoniettella
  11. Argopora
  12. Ascancestor
  13. Auchenopora
  14. Baptopora
  15. Batrachopora
  16. Bellulopora (Now in separate family Belluloporidae)
  17. Braikovia
  18. Callistopora
  19. Calpidopora
  20. Canupora
  21. Carydiopora
  22. Castanopora
  23. Castanoporina
  24. Cillia
  25. Cinclidia: See Cinclidina/li>
  26. Cinclidina
  27. Coelopora
  28. Collarina
  29. Confusocella
  30. Corbulipora
  31. Corbuliporina
  32. Corymboporella
  33. Costafigularia
  34. Costula
  35. Craticulacella
  36. Cribralaria. (Moved to Flustridae)
  37. Cribrendoecium
  38. Cribrilaria
  39. Cribrilina
  40. Ctenopora
  41. Decurtaria
  42. Dendroperistoma
  43. Diacanthopora
  44. Diancopora
  45. Diceratopora
  46. Dishelopora
  47. Distansescharella
  48. Disteginopora
  49. Eucheilopora
  50. Fehiborypora
  51. Figularia
  52. Filaguria
  53. Francopora
  54. Geisopora
  55. Gephyrotes
  56. Glabrilaria
  57. Gordoniella
  58. Graptoporella
  59. Haplocephalopora
  60. Harmelinius
  61. Hayamiellina
  62. Hesperopora. Now a subjective junior synonym of Castanopora.
  63. Hexacanthopora
  64. Hippiopora
  65. Holostegopora
  66. Hybopora
  67. Hystricopora
  68. Ichnopora
  69. Inferusia. Now = Parafigularia
  70. Inversiscaphos. Now in Inversiscaphidae
  71. Jolietina
  72. Jullienula
  73. Juxtacribrilina
  74. Kankopora
  75. Kelestoma
  76. Keratostoma
  77. Khulisa
  78. Klugerella
  79. Lagynopora
  80. Lepralina
  81. Leptocheilopora
  82. Megaloramfozoon
  83. Membraniporella
  84. Metracolposa
  85. Monoceratopora
  86. Morphasmopora
  87. Multescharipora
  88. Mumiella
  89. Murinopsia
  90. Myagropora
  91. Nannopora
  92. Oligotopora
  93. Opisthornithopora
  94. Otopora
  95. Pachydera
  96. Pancheilopora
  97. Parafigularia
  98. Pelmatopora
  99. Phractoporella
  100. Phrynopora
  101. Pleuroschizella
  102. Pliophloea
  103. Pnictopora
  104. Polycephalopora
  105. Polyceratopora
  106. Prodromopora = Lagynopora
  107. Prosotopora
  108. Puellina
  109. Reginella
  110. Reginelloides
  111. Reptescharella
  112. Reptescharipora
  113. Reptoporella
  114. Rhabdopora
  115. Rhacheopora
  116. Rhiniopora
  117. Rosulapelta
  118. Sandalopora
  119. Schistacanthopora
  120. Seabournea
  121. Semiescharipora
  122. Spiniflabellum
  123. Steginopora
  124. Stichocados
  125. Taractopora
  126. Teresaspis
  127. Thoracopora
  128. Tricephalopora
  129. Turnerellina
  130. Ubaghsia
  131. Vavropora
  132. Vicariopora
[Anaskopora cornuta] [Anaskopora doliaris] [Anaskopora elevata] [Anaskopora mesa]
Anaskopora cornuta Anaskopora doliaris Anaskopora elevata Anaskopora mesa
[Anaskopora parkeri] Ascancestor bretoni Confusocella dendroidea Corbulipora inopinata
Anaskopora parkeri Ascancestor bretoni
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Confusocella dendroidea
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Corbulipora inopinata
Corbulipora ornata Corbulipora suggerens Corbulipora tubulifera Cribralaria austrinsulensis
Corbulipora ornata Corbulipora suggerens Corbulipora tubulifera Cribralaria austrinsulensis
Cribralaria pseudosolomonensis Cribralaria solomonensis
Cribralaria curvirostris Cribralaria ponticula Cribralaria pseudosolomonensis Cribralaria solomonensis
[Cribrilaria harmeri] [(Juxtacribrilina) annulata] [(Juxtacribrilina) corbicula] [Decurtaria cornuta]
Cribrilaria harmeri Cribrilina (Juxtacribrilina) annulata
(Thanks to Matt Dick)
Cribrilina (Juxtacribrilina) corbicula
(Thanks to Matt Dick)
Decurtaria cornuta
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
[Figularia figularis] [Figularia mernae] [Figularia tenuicosta] [Jolietina latimarginata]
Figularia figularis
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Figularia mernae
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Figularia tenuicosta Jolietina latimarginata
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
[Klugerella antarctica] [Klugerella musica] [Membraniporella distans] [Membraniporella skeletos]
Klugerella antarctica
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Klugerella musica
(thanks to Dennis Gordon)
Membraniporella distans Membraniporella skeletos
(thanks to Dennis Gordon)
[Metracolposa robusta] [Pnictopora suffocata] [Puellina caesia] [Puellina septemcryptica]
Metracolposa robusta
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Pnictopora suffocata
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Puellina caesia
(thanks to Matt Dick)
Puellina septemcryptica
[Reginelloides stolonifera]
Reginelloides stolonifera
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)

Bellulopora page at NMITA
Membraniporella page at NMITA
Puellina page at NMITA

Puellina (Cribrilaria) californiensis at The Bryozoans of the Pacific.


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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 10/2/2018
Modified on 19/6/2018 (Added Fehiborypora)
Modified on 23/11/2018 (Added Teresaspis, Harmelinius)
Modified on 27/7/2020 (Added Khulisa)
Modified on 26/1/2021 (Added Costafigularia)
Modified on 28/4/2021 (Added Seabournea)
Modified on 17/6/2021 (Moved Inversiscaphos)
Modified on 3/6/2022 (Moved Cribralaria to Flustridae)
Modified on 27/7/2025 ( Hesperopora is a synonym of Castanopora)
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