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Scrupocellaria scabra (van Beneden, 1848) 
AphiaID: 111248

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Cheilostomatida (Order) > Neocheilostomatina (Suborder) > Flustrina (Infraorder) > Buguloidea (Superfamily) > Candidae (Family) > Scrupocellaria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Scrupocellaria van Beneden, 1845
Sources  basis of record: Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Ryland, J.S., and P.J. Hayward. 1991. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States: erect Bryozoa. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 99. 48 p. [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Lacourt, A.W. (1978). De Nederlandse mariene mosdiertjes: Bryozoa (Ectoprocta, Gymnolaemata) [Dutch marine Bryozoa (Ectoprocta, Gymnolaemata)]. Wetenschappelijke Mededeling KNNV, 129. KNNV/Strandwerkgemeenschap: Hoogwoud, The Netherlands. 21 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Subspecies Scrupocellaria scabra paenulata Norman, 1903
  » Forma Scrupocellaria scabra paenulata f. orientalis Kluge, 1955 accepted as Scrupocellaria orientalis Kluge, 1955

Subspecies Scrupocellaria scabra paenulasta Norman, 1903 accepted as Scrupocellaria scabra paenulata Norman, 1903
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Coast (not certain[details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Dutch Coast [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellular algae. [details]

Dimensions: up to 2 cm tall [details]

Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), lower North Shore, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), lower St. Lawrence estuary, downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle to Mingan Islands); south of Cape Cod [details]

Habitat: intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Predators: grazing organisms such as sea urchins and fish; also subject to competition and overgrowth from sponges, algae, and tunicates [details]

Reproduction: sexual and asexual; bryozoan colonies consist of replicated series of zooids, each budded asexually from a predecessor. The founding zooid metamorphoses from the sexually produced larva. Hermaphroditic. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111248
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hayward, Peter
2005-02-01 14:05:18Z  checked  Gordon, Dennis
  
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  Citation: Gordon, D.; Hayward, P. (2013). Scrupocellaria scabra (van Beneden, 1848). In: Bock, P.; Gordon, D. (2013) World List of Bryozoa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111248 on 2013-05-26
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