Adeonellidae

Adeonellidae Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Suborder:	Ascophora
Family:	Adeonellidae Gregory, 1893
Genera
Adeonella Laminopora

The Adeonellidae is a family within the bryozoan order Cheilostomatida. Colonies are often upright bilaminar branches or sheets. The zooids generally have one or more adventitious avicularia on their frontal wall. Instead of ovicells the adeonids often possess enlarged polymorphs which brood the larvae internally.

The apparent similarity in characters to the family Adeonidae can make their separation debatable.[1] As of October 2023 the family is unaccepted on the World Register of Marine Species and is considered a synonym of Adeonidae Busk, 1884.[2]

References

1. Lidgard, S. 1996. "Zooidal skeletal morphogenesis of some Australian and New Zealand Adeonellopsis (Cheilostomatida)". In: Bryozoans in Space and Time. (Eds: Gordon, D.P., Smith A.M., Grant-Mackie, J.A.) NIWA, Wellington, 167-177.
2. Bock, P. (2023). World List of Bryozoa. Adeonellidae Gregory, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=466587 on 2023-10-21