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Acoraniidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Acoraniidae

Acoraniidae is a family of bryozoans belonging to the order Cheilostomatida. 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.

Genera:

• Acorania López-Fé, 2006

References

1. ^ "Acoraniidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
2. 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)
3. 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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