The Bitectiporidae is a family within the bryozoan order Cheilostomatida. Colonies are encrusting on shells and rocks or upright bilaminar branches or sheets. The zooids generally have at least one adventitious avicularia on their frontal wall near the orifice. The frontal wall is usually covered with small pores and numerous larger pores along the margin. The ovicell, which broods the larvae internally, is double-layered with numerous pores in the outer layer, and sits quite prominently on the frontal wall of the next zooid.

Bitectiporidae
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
Rose coral ("Pentapora fascialis foliacea") in Saint-Quay-Portrieux
Rose coral (Pentapora fascialis foliacea) in Saint-Quay-Portrieux
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Cheilostomatida
Suborder: Flustrina
Superfamily: Smittinoidea
Family: Bitectiporidae
MacGillivray, 1895
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