WoRMS taxon details
Electra monostachys (Busk, 1854)
AphiaID: 111354
AphiaID: 111354
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Cheilostomatida (Order) > Malacostegina (Suborder) > Membraniporoidea (Superfamily) > Electridae (Family) > Electra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Electra Lamouroux, 1816 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Membranipora monostachys Busk | ||||||||||
| 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: Winston, J. E. and F. J. Maturo Jr. 2009. Bryozoans (Ectoprocta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1147–1164 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [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: Prenant, M. (1931). Sur une collection de bryozoaires de la Mer du Nord appartenant au Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique [On a collection of bryozoans of the North Sea belonging to the Musée Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 7(17): 1-6 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Bretagne (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Goesse Sas [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Hinder Banks [details] Kattendijke [details] Kwintebank [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ria de Aveiro [details] Schouwen [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Terschelling [details] Texel [details] UK (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Vlieland [details] Westerschelde [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellualr algae [details] Distribution: middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); 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) [details] Habitat: 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] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111354 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Gordon, D.; Hayward, P. (2013). Electra monostachys (Busk, 1854). 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=111354 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||
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