Acoraniidae

Acoraniidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Acoraniidae

Acoraniidae is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order Cheilostomatida.[1] It was introduced in order to accommodate the new genus Acorania which did not fit, at the time, in any of the described cheilostomes. It was discovered during a deep-water expedition in September 1998 at the Enmedio volcano off the coast of the Canary Islands. Both the family Acoraniidae and the genus Acorania are derived from the name Acoran, a name of Achamán, the supreme god of the Guanches, the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands.[2]

Genera:[1]

• Acorania López-Fé, 2006[3]

References

1. "Acoraniidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
2. Abulafia, David (2016). Rubiés, Joan Pau (ed.). Medieval ethnographies : European perceptions of the world beyond. London. ISBN 978-1-351-91862-6. OCLC 987911005.
3. López‐Fé, C. M. (2006-12-01). "Some bathyal cheilostome Bryozoa (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the Canary Islands (Spain, Eastern Atlantic), with descriptions of three new species, a new genus, and a new family" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 40 (29–31): 1801–1812. doi:10.1080/00222930601043763. ISSN 0022-2933. S2CID 85150933.