Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Flustrina > Superfamily Smittinoidea > Family Bitectiporidae > Genus Pentapora

Pentapora fascialis (Pallas, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Eschara Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pentapora*	Fischer, 1807	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: banded bryozoan; Ross; ross coral sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.;Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

French: pentapore bois de cerf

German: Band-Moostierchen; Elchgeweih-Moostierchen sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: cuerno de alce

Literature

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	Lombardi, Chiara, Taylor, Paul D. & Cocito, Silvia, 2010. Systematics of the Miocene-Recent bryozoan genus Pentapora (Cheilostomata). Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 160, 17-39.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (1999). Cheilostomatous Bryozoa: part 2 Hippothooidea - Celleporoidea: notes for the identification of British species. 2nd ed.. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 14. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-263-3. vii, 416 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Pentapora fascialis (Pallas, 1766). 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:111082