Scorpiodinipora Balavoine, 1959

Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Vieira, Leandro M., Ostrovsky, Andrew N., Cáceres-Chamizo, Julia P. & Sanner, JoAnn, 2012, Scorpiodinipora costulata (Canu & Bassler, 1929) (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata), a taxonomic and biogeographic dilemma: complex of cryptic species or human-mediated cosmopolitan colonizer?, Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 123-138 : 126

Genus Scorpiodinipora Balavoine, 1959

TYPE SPECIES. — Fixed here (under article 70.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature [ICZN 1999]) as Schizoporella costulata Canu & Bassler, 1929 , misidentified as Cellepora bernardii Audouin, 1826 in the original designation by Balavoine (1959).

DIAGNOSIS. — Colony encrusting, unilamellar. Autozooids hexagonal, medium-sized. Frontal shield nonpseudoporous, with marginal areolae and radiating ribs between them. Orifice not terminal, with anter and poster similarly sized and rounded, and lateral sides parallel, bearing distinct condyles a little lower than mid-height. No oral spines. No ovicells. No avicularia. Basal pore-chambers small, numerous. Ancestrula similar to an autozooid but smaller; zone of astogenetic change including 2-4 zooids budded by the ancestrula and few others showing progressive increase of size and calcification.