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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Family: | Acoraniidae |
Genera:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Acoraniidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Abulafia, David (2016). Rubiés, Joan Pau (ed.). Medieval ethnographies : European perceptions of the world beyond. London. ISBN 978-1-351-91862-6. OCLC 987911005.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 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.
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