Watersipora cucullata

Watersipora cucullata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Smittinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Bryozoa Classis: Gymnolaemata Ordo: Cheilostomata Subordo: Neocheilostomina Infraordo: Ascophora Sectio: Lepraliomorpha Superfamilia: Smittinoidea

Familia: Watersiporidae
Genus: Watersipora
Species: Watersipora cucullata

Name

Watersipora cucullata (Busk, 1854)

original combination: Lepralia cucullata Busk, 1854

Lectotype: NHMUK 1854.11.15.189 (Soule & Soule, 1975)

Type locality: Aegean Sea

Paralectotype: NHMUK 1899.7.1.1398

Synonymy

• Lepralia cucullata Busk, 1854

References

Primary references

• Busk, G. 1854. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, II. Cheilostomata (part). Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. iii-viii; 55-113; plates 69-124. BHL Reference page.  [see page 81, original description of Lepralia cucullata]
• Soule, D.F., Soule, J.D. 1975. Species groups in Watersiporidae. Bryozoa 1974. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Science de Lyon. h.s. 3, 2, 299–309. Reference page.  [lectotype designation]

Additional references

• Banta, W.C. 1969. Watersipora arcuata, a new species in the subovoidea-cucullata-nigra complex (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 68(2): 96–102. BHL Reference page.  [see page 96, Banta synonymised Watersipora cucullata with Watersipora arcuata]
• Reverter-Gil, O., Souto, J. 2019. Watersiporidae (Bryozoa) in Iberian waters: an update on alien and native species. Marine biodiversity. 49: 2735–2752. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-019-01003-4 Reference page. 
• Vieira, L.M., Jones, M.S. & Taylor, P.D. 2014. The identity of the invasive fouling bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata (d’Orbigny) and some other congeneric species. Zootaxa 3857(2): 151–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.2.1 Reference page.  [see pages 162-166]

Links

• ock, P.; Gordon, D. (2020). World List of Bryozoa. Watersipora cucullata (Busk, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111590 on 2020-09-07

• BHL bibliography
• Watersipora cucullata – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Watersipora cucullata.
• ION

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