Spathiporidae

General description: 

Colony boring into mollusc shells, comprising a branching, kenozooidal stolon, which buds cylindrical, pedunculate autozooids orientated obliquely to surface of substratum. Opening of autozooid boring typically elongate, comma-shaped. Peduncle of autozooid at or close to its proximal end. Specialised gonozooids present or absent.

(Hayward, 1985)

Taxonomic name: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith