WoRMS taxon details
Electra crustulenta (Pallas, 1766)
AphiaID: 111353
AphiaID: 111353
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Cheilostomatida (Order) > Malacostegina (Suborder) > Membraniporoidea (Superfamily) > Electridae (Family) > Electra (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Type species for genus Einhornia) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Einhornia crustulenta (Pallas, 1766) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Electra Lamouroux, 1816 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Membranipora crustulenta | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p. [details] additional source: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] additional source: Winston, J.E., P.J. Hayward, and S.F. Craig. 2000. Marine bryozoans of the northeast coast of the United States: new and problem species. Proceedings of the 11th International Bryozoology Association Conference 2000: 412-420. [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Electra crustulenta borgii Menon & Nair, 1975 (species inquirenda) Subspecies Electra crustulenta stammeri Borg, 1931 (species inquirenda) Subspecies Electra crustulenta baltica Borg, 1931 accepted as Einhornia crustulenta (Pallas, 1766) Subspecies Electra crustulenta catenulariasimilis Kluge, 1962 accepted as Einhornia crustulenta (Pallas, 1766) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Doel [details] Dutch Coast [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Zeebrugge [details] Zierikzee [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Dyntaxa To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellualr algae [details] Distribution: Circumpolar; south to mid-Maine (to Damariscotta River) coast [details] Habitat: sessile, encrusting, colonial on hard substratum epifauna in the marine environment [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] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111353 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bock, P.; Gordon, D.; Hayward, P. (2013). Electra crustulenta (Pallas, 1766). In: Bock, Phil; Gordon, D. (2013) World list of Bryozoa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111353 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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