Reteporella Busk, 1884

Type species: Reteporella flabellata Busk, 1884

Synonyms: This genus includes most of the species originally assigned to the genus Retepora Lamarck, 1801, which is based upon the unrecognisable species Millepora cellulosa Linnaeus, 1767. Other synonyms are:

Synonyms Author Type species
Elasmopora King, 1848 Millepora cellulosa Linnaeus, 1767 (not Linnaeus 1758; not recognisable)
Ellipsia Jullien & Calvet, 1903 Retepora cellulosa Smitt, 1867 (not Linnaeus) = Retepora grimaldii Jullien, 1903
Malleatia Jullien, 1903 Malleatia rara Jullien in Jullien & Calvet, 1903
Radulina Meissner, 1902 Radulina semoni Meissner, 1902 = Retihornera graeffei
Retihornera (?) Kirchenpauer, 1869 not selected
Sertella Jullien, 1903 Retepora beaniana King, 1846

Description: Colony generally erect, reticulate, forming a lacey network with zooids opening on one side of the branches, and with extrazooidal calcification on the basal side; colony attachment by thickened extrazooidal calcification at proximal portion. Some species are delicate and branching, not forming networks. Zooid frontal with marginal pores only, surface smooth or pustulose. Zooid orifice with a sinuate or orbicular orifice; primary orifice often obscured by thickening frontal calcification. A tubular pseudospiramen may develop on the proximal side of the peristome by coalescence of the marginal processes. Articulated oral spines may be present. Ovicells hyperstomial; prominent initially, becoming immersed in secondary calcification. Proximal margin of orifice may be elaborated into a projecting lip, or straight, or indented. Ovicell frontal with a frontal pore or slit. Avicularia generally present, of varied types in different species; mainly adventitious, with interzooidal avicularia in a few species.

This genus includes the species:

  1. Reteporella abnormis
  2. (Lu, Nie & Zhong in Lu, 1991) Recent South China Sea WoRMS 470212
  3. Reteporella alberti
  4. (Calvet, 1931) Recent Atlantic WoRMS 470187
  5. Reteporella altisulcata
  6. (Ridley, 1881) Recent Southwest Atlantic Magellan Strait WoRMS 736305
  7. Reteporella anatina
  8. (Ortmann, 1890) Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan WoRMS 1041629
  9. Reteporella anatina limitata
  10. (Ortmann, 1890) Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan WoRMS 1041631
  11. Reteporella antarctica
  12. (Waters, 1904) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 174305
  13. Reteporella antennata
  14. Ramalho, Muricy & Taylor, 2011 Recent West Atlantic Brazil WoRMS 573178
  15. Reteporella antennula
  16. (Buchner, 1924) Recent status ? WoRMS 470201
  17. Reteporella apiculata
  18. (Busk, 1884) Recent South Pacific - Tonga WoRMS 724871
  19. Reteporella aporosa
  20. (Waters, 1894) Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 111446
  21. Reteporella aquilina
  22. (Calvet, 1927) Recent East Atlantic Morocco WoRMS 1041632
  23. Reteporella aquitanica
  24. (Jullien & Calvet, 1903) Recent S. Europe WoRMS 367625
  25. Reteporella atlantica
  26. (Busk, 1884) Recent E. Atlantic WoRMS 111447
  27. Reteporella aurantiaca
  28. (MacGillivray, 1883) Recent Australia WoRMS 470174
  29. Reteporella aurantium
    (Formerly Reteporella aurantiaca)
  30. Gordon, 2009 Recent South Pacific - New Zealand WoRMS 468295
  31. Reteporella azorensis
  32. Souto, 2019 Recent Azores Atlantic WoRMS 1330570
  33. Reteporella beaniana
  34. (King, 1846) Recent Europe WoRMS 111448
  35. Reteporella bullata
  36. (Hayward & Cook, 1979) Recent S. Africa WoRMS 470168
  37. Reteporella carinata
  38. (MacGillivray, 1884) Recent Australia WoRMS 470157
  39. Reteporella clancularia
  40. Hayward & Cook, 1979 Recent S. Africa WoRMS 470170
  41. Reteporella clypeata
  42. Canu & Bassler, 1929 Recent Philippines WoRMS 470194
  43. Reteporella complanata
  44. (Waters, 1894) Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 111449
  45. Reteporella concinna
  46. Gordon, 1984 Recent Kermadec Is. WoRMS 470155
  47. Reteporella concinnoides
  48. Gordon & d'Hondt, 1997 Recent New Caledonia WoRMS 470176
  49. Reteporella constricta
  50. (Powell, 1967) Recent New Zealand WoRMS 470161
  51. Reteporella couchii
  52. (Hincks, 1878) Recent E. Atlantic, Mediterranean WoRMS 111450
  53. Reteporella couchii biaviculata
  54. (Waters, 1895) Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 237818
  55. Reteporella crenulata (?)
  56. (Okada, 1920) Recent Japan WoRMS 736377
  57. Reteporella cyclostoma
  58. (Harmer, 1934) Recent Indonesia WoRMS 470162
  59. Reteporella? dartmoorensis
  60. (Brown, 1958) Paleogene Oligocene Chattian Australia Victoria WoRMS 1413468
  61. Reteporella defensa
  62. Gordon & d'Hondt, 1997 Recent New Caledonia WoRMS 470177
  63. Reteporella dendroides
  64. Ortmann, 1890 Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan WoRMS 1040005
  65. Reteporella dinotorhynchus
  66. Hayward & Cook, 1979 Recent S. Africa WoRMS 470169
  67. Reteporella dorsoporata
  68. Liu & Hu, 1991 Recent Antarctic WoRMS 470179
  69. Reteporella dovedalensis
  70. (Brown, 1952) Tertiary New Zealand WoRMS 1413469
  71. Reteporella doverensis
  72. (Ulrich & Bassler, 1904) Tertiary USA WoRMS 1413470
  73. Reteporella dudekemi
  74. De Blauwe & Gordon, 2014 Recent Antarctic - Weddell Sea WoRMS 768232
  75. Reteporella dumosa
  76. Hayward, 2000 Recent S. Australia WoRMS 470202
  77. Reteporella elegans
  78. Harmelin, 1976 Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 111451
  79. Reteporella erugata
  80. Hayward, 1993 Recent Antarctic WoRMS 174307
  81. Reteporella extramunita
  82. (Lagaaij, 1952) Pliocene NW Europe WoRMS 1413471
  83. Reteporella fenestrata
  84. (Powell, 1967) Recent New Zealand WoRMS 470183
  85. Reteporella ferox
  86. Gordon & d'Hondt, 1997 Recent New Caledonia WoRMS 470178
  87. Reteporella? ferussacii
  88. (Michelin, 1845) Paleogene Eocene France WoRMS 1413472
  89. Reteporella feuerbornii
  90. Hass, 1948 Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 111452
  91. Reteporella feuerbornii unisinuata
  92. (Hass, 1948) Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 1041721
  93. Reteporella fimbriata
  94. Canu & Bassler, 1927 Recent Hawaii WoRMS 470197
  95. Reteporella fissa
  96. (MacGillivray, 1869) Recent Australia WoRMS 470153
  97. Reteporella flabellata
  98. Busk, 1884 Recent Heard I. WoRMS 470175
  99. Reteporella frigida
  100. (Waters, 1904) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 174309
  101. Reteporella frigidoidea
  102. Liu & Hu, 1991 Recent Antarctic WoRMS 470180
  103. Reteporella gelida
  104. (Waters, 1904) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 174310
  105. Reteporella gigantea
  106. (Busk, 1884) Recent S. Indian O. WoRMS 470215
  107. Reteporella gigantea
    (Homonym)
  108. (Kühn, 1925) Miocene Austria WoRMS 1413473
  109. Reteporella gilchristi
  110. (O'Donoghue, 1924) Recent Canada WoRMS 470189
  111. Reteporella gracilis
  112. (Jullien, 1903) Recent East Atlantic Azores WoRMS 1041085
  113. Reteporella gracilis (Homonym)
  114. Gordon, 1989 Recent New Zealand WoRMS 470158
  115. Reteporella graeffei
  116. (Kirchenpauer, 1869) Recent Indo-Pacific WoRMS 470154
  117. Reteporella granti
  118. Guha & Gopikrishna, 2007 Neogene Miocene Aquitanian India Gujarat WoRMS 470216
  119. Reteporella granulata
  120. (MacGillivray, 1869) Recent Australia WoRMS 470163
  121. Reteporella grimaldii
  122. (Jullien, 1903) Recent NE Atlantic, Mediterranean WoRMS 111453
  123. Reteporella harmeri
  124. (Hass, 1948) Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 111454
  125. Reteporella hincksii
  126. (Kirkpatrick, 1888) Recent Mauritius WoRMS 470167
  127. Reteporella hippocrepis
  128. (Waters, 1904) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 174311
  129. Reteporella hluchovensis
  130. Zágoršek, 2010 Neogene Miocene Langhian Czech Republic WoRMS 1407551
  131. Reteporella ilala
  132. Boonzaaier-Davids, Florence & Gibbons, 2020 Recent West Indian Ocean South Africa WoRMS 1450364
  133. Reteporella? incisura
  134. (Brown, 1958) Tertiary SE Australia WoRMS 1413474
  135. Reteporella incognita
  136. Hayward & Ryland, 1996 Recent Britain WoRMS 111455
  137. Reteporella incrustata
  138. Calvet, 1907 Recent Gibraltar WoRMS 1041722
  139. Reteporella insignis
  140. (MacGillivray, 1895) Neogene Miocene Langhian Australia Victoria WoRMS 1413475
  141. Reteporella jermanensis
  142. (Waters, 1909) Recent Israel, Red Sea WoRMS 111456
  143. Reteporella jullieni
  144. (Calvet, 1907) Recent S. Europe WoRMS 1330571
  145. Reteporella kinoshitai
  146. Okada, 1920 Recent Japan WoRMS 1041627
  147. Reteporella kralicensis
  148. Zágoršek, 2007 Neogene Miocene Burdigalian-Langhian Czech Republic WoRMS 1407552
  149. Reteporella kuklinskii
  150. Figuerola, Gordon & Cristobo, 2018 Recent Southwest Atlantic WoRMS 1055902
  151. Reteporella laciniata
  152. Hayward, 2000 Recent SE Australia WoRMS 470203
  153. Reteporella laciniosa
  154. (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Tertiary USA WoRMS 1413476
  155. Reteporella laevigata
  156. (Waters, 1904) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 470214
  157. Reteporella lata
  158. (Busk, 1884) Recent S. Africa WoRMS 470172
  159. Reteporella lepralioides
  160. (Waters, 1904) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 174312
  161. Reteporella ligulata
  162. Gordon, 1989 Recent New Zealand WoRMS 470160
  163. Reteporella longichila
  164. Hayward, 1993 Recent Antarctic WoRMS 174313
  165. Reteporella longicollis
  166. Canu & Bassler, 1929 Recent Philippines WoRMS 470195
  167. Reteporella longifissa
  168. (Harmer, 1934) Recent Indonesia WoRMS 470164
  169. Reteporella magellensis
  170. (Busk, 1884) Recent S. Atlantic WoRMS 470181
  171. Reteporella malleata
  172. Hayward, 2000 Recent Queensland, Australia WoRMS 470204
  173. Reteporella malleatia
  174. Gordon, 1984 Recent Kermadec Is. WoRMS 470156
  175. Reteporella marginata
  176. (Reuss, 1865) Tertiary Europe WoRMS 1413477
  177. Reteporella maryae
  178. Figuerola, Gordon & Cristobo, 2018 Recent Southwest Atlantic WoRMS 1055903
  179. Reteporella mediocris
  180. Gordon & Taylor, 2015 Paleogene Eocene Ypresian New Zealand Chatham Islands WoRMS 1407553
  181. Reteporella mediterranea
  182. (Smitt, 1867) Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 1041728
  183. Reteporella millespinae ?
  184. Canu & Bassler, 1929 Recent Philippines WoRMS 470196
  185. Reteporella minima
  186. (Waters, 1888) Recent Pacific Ocean WoRMS 1041723
  187. Reteporella minor
  188. Ortmann, 1890 Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan WoRMS 1041724
  189. Reteporella misakiensis
  190. (Okada, 1920) Recent Japan WoRMS 1041725
  191. Reteporella monomorpha
  192. Hayward, 2004 Recent Fiji WoRMS 388065
  193. Reteporella nangeelaensis
  194. (Brown, 1958) Tertiary SE Australia WoRMS 1413478
  195. Reteporella nanshaensis
  196. (Liu, 1991) Recent South China Sea WoRMS 470211
  197. Reteporella notopachys
  198. (Busk, 1859) Neogene Pliocene Europe WoRMS 1150232
  199. Reteporella obscura
  200. Denisenko, 2022 Recent Arctic Greenland WoRMS 1579257
  201. Reteporella obtecta
  202. (Buchner, 1924) Recent Indonesia, Japan. WoRMS 470166
  203. Reteporella oceanica
  204. (Jullien in Jullien & Calvet, 1903) Recent Northeast Atlantic WoRMS 823816
  205. Reteporella orglandesi
  206. (Canu, 1908) Paleogene Eocene Lutetian France WoRMS 1413479
  207. Reteporella parallelata
  208. Hayward, 2000 Recent Australia WoRMS 470205
  209. Reteporella parva
  210. Hayward, 1993 Recent Antarctic WoRMS 174314
  211. Reteporella pelecanus
  212. Lopez de la Cuadra & Garcia-Gomez, 2001 Recent Spain WoRMS 470209
  213. Reteporella peripherica
  214. Ortmann, 1890 Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan WoRMS 1041726
  215. Reteporella pocillum
  216. (Thornely, 1905) Recent North Indian Ocean - Sri Lanka WoRMS 1041727
  217. Reteporella porcellana
  218. (MacGillivray, 1869) Recent SE Australia WoRMS 470171
  219. Reteporella praetenuis
  220. (Hincks, 1878) Recent Red Sea WoRMS 724886
  221. Reteporella protecta
  222. (Waters, 1904) Recent Antarctic WoRMS 174315
  223. Reteporella pseudofinis
  224. Canu & Bassler, 1929 Recent Philippines WoRMS 470191
  225. Reteporella quadripora
  226. Guha & Gopikrishna, 2007 Oligocene-Miocene India Gujarat WoRMS 470217
  227. Reteporella ramosa
  228. (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Tertiary USA WoRMS 1413480
  229. Reteporella rara
  230. Jullien in Jullien & (Calvet, 1903) Recent East Atlantic WoRMS 812711
  231. Reteporella reginae
  232. Hayward, 2000 Recent Queensland, Australia WoRMS 470206
  233. Reteporella reticulata
  234. (Powell, 1967) Recent New Zealand WoRMS 470184
  235. Reteporella rosjoarum
  236. Figuerola, Ballesteros & Avila, 2013 Recent Antarctic WoRMS 715102
  237. Reteporella ruzenkae
  238. Zágoršek, 2010 Neogene Miocene Langhian Czech Republic WoRMS 1407554
  239. Reteporella schuermanni
  240. (Buge, 1973) Tertiary Europe WoRMS 1413481
  241. Reteporella scutulata
  242. (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Tertiary USA WoRMS 1413482
  243. Reteporella simplex
  244. (Busk, 1859) Tertiary Europe WoRMS 589643
  245. Reteporella? smitti
  246. Gautier, 1955 Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 470186
  247. Reteporella sparteli
  248. (Calvet, 1906) Recent Gibraltar WoRMS 111459
  249. Reteporella spinosissima
  250. Canu & Bassler, 1929 Recent Philippines WoRMS 470193
  251. Reteporella spatulifera
  252. (Waters, 1905) Recent South Africa WoRMS 735852
  253. Reteporella sudbournensis
  254. (Busk, 1859) Pliocene
    Recent
    NW Europe
    Europe
    WoRMS 470185
  255. Reteporella sulcula
  256. Hayward & Winston, 2011 Recent Antarctic WoRMS 709376
  257. Reteporella suluensis
  258. (Harmer, 1934) Recent Indonesia WoRMS 470165
  259. Reteporella syrtoxylon
  260. Gordon, 1989 Recent New Zealand WoRMS 470159
  261. Reteporella tamaninii
  262. (Braga in Antolini et al., 1980) Tertiary Italy (Vicenza) WoRMS 1413484
  263. Reteporella taylori
  264. Figuerola, Gordon & Cristobo, 2018 Recent Southwest Atlantic WoRMS 1055904
  265. Reteporella tenuitelifera
  266. Canu & Bassler, 1929 Recent Philippines WoRMS 470192
  267. Reteporella terebrata
  268. (Buchner, 1924) Recent Japan WoRMS 470200
  269. Reteporella tortuosa
  270. Hayward & Winston, 2011 Recent Antarctic WoRMS 709377
  271. Reteporella tournoueri
  272. (Canu, 1908) Neogene Miocene Argentina WoRMS 1413485
  273. Reteporella trabeculifera
  274. Canu & Bassler, 1927 Recent Hawai'i WoRMS 470198
  275. Reteporella transversa
  276. (Canu & Lecointre, 1930) Tertiary France WoRMS 1413486
  277. Reteporella? tridentata
  278. (Brown, 1958) Tertiary SE Australia WoRMS 1413487
  279. Reteporella tristis
  280. (Jullien, 1903) Recent East Atlantic Azores WoRMS 470210
  281. Reteporella tuberculata
  282. (Reuss, 1869) Tertiary Europe (Vicenza) WoRMS 1413488
  283. Reteporella tuberosa
  284. Hayward, 2000 Recent N. Australia, Indonesia WoRMS 470207
  285. Reteporella unguicula
  286. Hayward, 2004 Recent Australia (east) WoRMS 388066
  287. Reteporella vallata
  288. Hayward, 2000 Recent Great Barrier Reef WoRMS 470208
  289. Reteporella verecunda
  290. Hayward & Cook, 1983 Recent S. Africa WoRMS 470173
  291. Reteporella victori
  292. Ramalho, López-Fé & Rueda, 2018 Recent Northeast Atlantic Spain WoRMS 1055768
  293. Reteporella vitta
  294. Denisenko, 2022 Recent Arctic Greenland WoRMS 1579256
  295. Reteporella vladkae
  296. Zágoršek, 2010 Neogene Miocene Langhian Czech Republic WoRMS 1407555
  297. Reteporella watanabei
  298. (Okada, 1920) Recent Japan WoRMS 1041624
  299. Reteporella watersi
  300. (Nordgaard, 1907) Recent Arctic, N. Atlantic WoRMS 111461
Reteporella beaniana Reteporella flabellata Reteporella graeffei Reteporella rosjoarum
Reteporella beaniana
Thanks to Wolfgang Seifarth for photos
Reteporella flabellata
(Thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)
Reteporella graeffei Reteporella rosjoarum
(Thanks to Blanca Figuerola)

Reteporella beaniana at NBN Atlas.

Reteporella notopachys at Neogene Bryozoa of Britain.

Reteporella beaniana - at Norsk Marine Fauna.

Reteporella tamaninii at the Museo Rovereto, Italy

Harmer notebook - entry for Ellipsia
Harmer notebook - entry for Malleatia
Harmer notebook - entry for Radulina
Harmer notebook - entry for Reteporella
Harmer notebook - entry for Retihornera
Harmer notebook - entry for Sertella


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Modified on 20/10/2017 (Added several species)
Modified on 23/1/2018 (Added R. victori)
Modified on 24/1/2018 (Added R. kuklinskii, R.maryae, R.taylori)
Modified on 24/1/2018 (Added R. notopachys)
Modified on 8/3/2019 (Added R. azorensis, renamed R.arborea to R.jullieni)
Modified on 20/6/2020 (Added WoRMS links)
Modified on 27/7/2020 (Added R.ilala)
Modified on 29/4/2022 (Added R.obscura, R.vitta)
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