Flustrina Smitt, 1868

Arakawa, Shinji, 2020, Monoporella projecta (Cheilostomata: Bryozoa), a New Uniserial Species from the Continental Shelf and Slope of Japan, Species Diversity 25, pp. 219-225 : 220

Suborder Flustrina Smitt, 1868 Superfamily Microporoidea Hincks, 1882 Family Monoporellidae Hincks, 1882 Genus Monoporella Hincks, 1881

Diagnosis. Colony encrusting or erect. Frontal wall cryptocystal, granular, perforated, raised medially in general, with a pair of opesiules at the distal corners of cryptocyst. Lateral and proximal gymnocyst absent. Oral and lateral rim raised. Opesia reduced, coincident with the operculum. Oral spines present or absent. Avicularia absent. Ovicell large, spinocystal, with longitudinal costae, slit-like foramina, small pores and lateral windows. Basal pore-chambers present.

Type species. Haploporella nodulifera Hincks, 1881 .