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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Bryozoa (phylum) » Gymnolaemata (class) » Ctenostomatida (order) » Vesiculariidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 20 231017 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Amathia verticillata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) |
| CAAB category: | 20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans | |
| Family: | 20 231 Vesiculariidae (bryozoans) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a bryozoan] | |
| Organism Type: | a bryozoan | |
| Synonyms: | Zoobotryon verticillatum | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
20 231901
Amathia spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | This species was originally described from Europe, it is regarded as not native to Australian and New Zealand waters (and most other areas), and is considered an invasive species spread by shipping. | ||
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| Record source: | Huisiman, J.M. Jones, D.S. Wells, F.E. Burton, T., 2008. Introduced marine biota in Western Australian waters., Records of the Western Australian Museum, Vol. 25: 1-44. |
| Scientific Name verified against: | Waeschenbach, A. Vieira, L.M. Reverter-Gil, O. Souto-Derungs, J. Nascimento, K.B. Fehlauer-Ale, K.H., 2015. A phylogeny of Vesiculariidae (Bryozoa, Ctenostomata) supports synonymization of three genera and reveals possible cryptic diversity., Zoologica Scripta, Vol. 44(6): 667-683. . doi:10.1111/zsc.12130. doi:10.1111/zsc.12130 |