WoRMS taxon details
Aspidostoma giganteum (Busk, 1854)
172940 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172940)
accepted
Species
Aspidostoma crassum Hincks, 1881 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)
Eschara gigantea Busk, 1854 · unaccepted (Basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eschara gigantea Busk, 1854) Busk, G. (1854). Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, II. Cheilostomata (part). Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 55-120, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20859
page(s): 91 [details]
page(s): 91 [details]
Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Aspidostoma giganteum (Busk, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172940 on 2025-07-24
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(of Eschara gigantea Busk, 1854) Busk, G. (1854). Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, II. Cheilostomata (part). Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 55-120, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20859
page(s): 91 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 91 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Atlas of Antarctic Bryozoa
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Aspidostoma giganteum (Busk, 1854); SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:458953)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection (14 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Aspidostoma giganteum (Busk, 1854); SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:458953)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection (14 records)
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