Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Flustrina > Superfamily Lepralielloidea > Family Escharellidae

Escharella Gray, 1848

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mucronella*	Hincks, 1880	synonym

Children

Escharella abyssicola (Norman, 1869)
Escharella acuta Zabala, Maluquer & Harmelin, 1993
Escharella connectens (Ridley, 1881)
Escharella gilsoni De Blauwe, 2006
Escharella immersa (Fleming, 1828)
Escharella indivisa Levinsen, 1916
Escharella klugei Hayward, 1979
Escharella labiata (Boeck in Smitt, 1868)
Escharella labiosa (Busk, 1856)
Escharella laqueata (Norman, 1864)
Escharella levinseni Hayward, 1994
Escharella longicollis (Jullien, 1882)
Escharella octodentata (Hincks, 1880)
Escharella praealta (Calvet, 1906)
Escharella quadrata López de la Cuadra & García-Gómez, 2001
Escharella rylandi Geraci, 1974
Escharella variolosa (Johnston, 1838)
Escharella ventricosa (Hassall, 1842)

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. (1848). List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Centroniae or radiated animals. 1: 1-173.
basis of record	Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Bryozoan homepage
additional source	Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114.
additional source	Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 271-297.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Escharella Gray, 1848. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110965