{{Short description|Genus of bryozoans}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Chaperia acanthina (YPM IZ 089211).jpeg | image_caption = | taxon = Chaperia | authority = Jullien, 1881 | synonyms = * ''Chaperiella'' <small>Strand, 1928</small> * ''Chapperia'' <small>Willey, 1900</small> }}
'''''Chaperia''''' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Chaperiidae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Chaperia Jullien, 1881 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1010128 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name="GBIF" />
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Chaperia'':<ref>{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chaperia Jullien, 1881 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415187 |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *''Chaperia acanthina'' {{small|(Lamouroux, 1825)}} *''Chaperia albispina'' {{small|(MacGillivray, 1882)}} *''Chaperia atypica'' {{small|Boonzaaier-Davids, Ma & McQuaid, 2023}} *''Chaperia australis'' {{small|Jullien, 1881}} * †''Chaperia barretoi'' {{small|Brown, 1952}} *''Chaperia brasiliensis'' {{small|Vieira, Gordon, Souza & Haddad, 2010}} *''Chaperia capensis'' {{small|(Busk, 1884)}} *''Chaperia ciliata'' {{small|(MacGillivray, 1869)}} *''Chaperia granulosa'' {{small|Gordon, 1986}} *''Chaperia infundibulata'' {{small|d'Hondt, 1988}} *''Chaperia judex'' {{small|(Kirkpatrick, 1888)}} * †''Chaperia laticella'' {{small|Canu, 1908}} * †''Chaperia maorica'' {{small|(Stoliczka, 1865)}} *''Chaperia multispinosa'' {{small|Gordon, 1984}} * †''Chaperia parva'' {{small|Brown, 1952}} *''Chaperia patula'' {{small|(Hincks, 1881)}} *''Chaperia polygonia'' {{small|Kluge, 1914}} * †''Chaperia robusta'' {{small|Di Martino, Rosso & Taylor, 2025}} *''Chaperia semiaperta'' {{small|(Reuss, 1874) †}} *''Chaperia septispina'' {{small|Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007}} *''Chaperia setigera'' {{small|(Hincks, 1881)}} * †''Chaperia spatulata'' {{small|(Waters, 1881)}} *''Chaperia taylori'' {{small|Ramalho & Calliari, 2015}} *''Chaperia varians'' {{small|(O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1923)}} {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Bryozoa genera