WoRMS taxon details
Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
AphiaID: 111355
AphiaID: 111355
| 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 |
Electra verticillata Lamouroux (synonym) Flustra dentata Ellis & Solander, 1786 (synonym) Flustra pilosa Linnaeus, 1767 (basionym) Flustra verticillata Ellis & Solander, 1786 (synonym) Membranipora pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [full text]
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: Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p. [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gordon, D. (2009). Bryozoa, Hemichordata. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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: 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: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (1998). Cheilostomatous Bryozoa: 1. Aeteoidea - Cribrilinoidea: notes for the identification of British species. 2nd ed. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 10. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-261-7. vii, 366 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] 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] from synonym: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Westendorp, G.D. (1843). Recherches sur les Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique, et particulièrement des environs d'Ostende. Annales de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruges IV: 5-48, 1 plate (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Coast [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details] Blankenberge [details] British Isles [details] Calais [details] Cobscook Bay [details] De Panne [details] Digby [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Halve Maan [details] Holy Island [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Northumberland [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ria de Aveiro [details] Sas van Goes [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] UK (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea [details] Wimereux [details] Zeebrugge [details] Zeeland [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellar algae [details] Distribution: Arctic to Long Island Sound [details] Habitat: infralittoral and circalittoral 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:111355 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gordon, D.; Hayward, P. (2013). Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767). 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=111355 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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