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Escharella immersa (Fleming, 1828) 
AphiaID: 111484

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Cheilostomatida (Order) > Neocheilostomatina (Suborder) > Ascophora (Infraorder) > Umbonulomorpha (Section) > Lepralielloidea (Superfamily) > Romancheinidae (Family) > Escharella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Escharella Gray, 1848
Synonymised
taxa
  Lepralia immersa Fleming, 1828 (basionym)
Lepralia peachi Johnston, 1847 (synonym)
Mucronella immersa
Mucronella peachi (Johnston, 1847) (synonym)
Sources  original description: Fleming J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, mollusca, and radiata of the United Kingdom. Edinburgh, xxiii + 565 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 [details]

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

from synonym: Bryozoan homepage, available online at http://www.bryozoa.net [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]

Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
British Isles [details]
Calais [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Hinder Banks [details]
Holy Island [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Klaverbank [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Northumberland [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Saint Andrews [details]
Sloehaven [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Thorntonbank [details]
UK (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Vlissingen [details]
Westkapelle [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zoutelande [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellular algae. [details]

Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), lower 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); St. Andrews [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]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111484
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hayward, Peter
2005-02-01 08:42:39Z  checked  Gordon, Dennis
  
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  Citation: Gordon, D.; Hayward, P. (2013). Escharella immersa (Fleming, 1828). 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=111484 on 2013-05-24
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