Twenty-one species of Stylopoma Levinsen, 1909 are described and illustrate
d with scanning electron micrographs. S. spongites (Pallas, 1766), the type
species, is redescribed from the neotype specimen and included here for co
mpleteness. A neotype specimen for S. duboisii (Audouin, 1826) and a lectot
ype specimen for S. viride (Thornely, 1905) are designated and 14 new speci
es of Stylopoma are described from Indo-West Pacific material in the Recent
bryozoan collections of the Natural History Museum, London. (C) 2001 The L
innean Society of London.