Romancheinidae Jullien, 1888

Synonyms Author
Escharellidae (?) Levinsen, 1909
Exochellinae (?) Bassler, 1935
Hemicycloporinae (?) Vigneaux, 1949
Mucronellinae (?) MacGillivray, 1887
Perigastrellidae Vigneaux, 1949
Peristomellae (?) Canu & Bassler, 1917
Phylactelliporidae Bassler, 1953
Pleurolyrulinae Bassler, 1953

The family Romancheinidae can be considered to include the Families Escharellidae and Exochellidae. Alternatively, the three families can be distinguished, as in Hayward & Ryland, 1999. (Choose your preferred option - there is no 'definitive' version).

This family includes the genera:

  1. Allerescha
  2. Antarcticaetos
  3. Arctonula
  4. Balantiostoma
  5. Bathosella
  6. Bioptica
  7. Biporochella
  8. Bostrychopora
  9. Bulbipora - Escharellidae ?
  10. Cheilonella
  11. Elleschara
  12. Escharella - Escharellidae ?
  13. Escharoides - Exochellidae ?
  14. Exochella - Exochellidae ?
  15. Haywardipora. See Escharella
  16. Hellerasca
  17. Hemicyclopora - Escharellidae ?
  18. Hemiphylactella
  19. Hippolyrula
  20. Hippomenella
  21. Hippopleurifera
  22. Hoplocheilina
  23. Lageneschara
  24. Metrarabdotomorpha
  25. Neolagenipora - Escharellidae ?
  26. Obliquostoma
  27. Ochetosella
  28. Opaeomorpha
  29. Pachykraspedon
  30. Perigastrella
  31. Pleurolyrula
  32. Pleuromucrum (Now assigned to Phidoloporidae, Di Martino & Taylor, 2017)
  33. Pseudosclerodomus
  34. Psilopsella
  35. Ragionula
  36. Reptocelleporaria (nomen oblitum) see Balantiostoma
  37. Romancheina
  38. Scutocyclopora
  39. Temacheilonella
  40. Temachia
  41. Waeschenbachia
Arctonula arctica Bathosella aspera Bioptica spinosa Bulbipora areolata
Arctonula arctica
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Bathosella aspera
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Bioptica spinosa
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Bulbipora areolata
Escharella diaphana Escharella ventricosa Escharoides angela Escharoides coccinea
Escharella diaphana Escharella ventricosa Escharoides angela Escharoides coccinea
Escharoides excavata Escharoides falcifera Exochella tricuspis Hellerasca haywardi
Escharoides excavata Escharoides falcifera Exochella tricuspis Hellerasca haywardi
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Obliquostoma dichotoma [Opaeomorpha michaliki] Pseudosclerodomus reticulata Psilopsella uniseriata
Obliquostoma dichotoma
(thanks to Paul Taylor and Dennis Gordon.)
Opaeomorpha michaliki Pseudosclerodomus reticulatus
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Psilopsella uniseriata
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)

Escharoides coccinea at aphotomarine.

Escharoides coccinea at MarLIN - Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland.

Escharoides hataii at Pleistocene Bryozoa of Kuromatsunai, Japan.

Escharella page at NMITA

Escharoides page at NMITA

Hippopleurifera page at NMITA

Hippopleurifera mucronata at The Bryozoans of the Pacific.


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