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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 231019 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Amathia gracilis (Leidy, 1855) |
| CAAB category: | 20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans | |
| Family: | 20 231 Vesiculariidae (bryozoans) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a bryozoan] | |
| Organism Type: | a bryozoan | |
| Synonyms: | Bowerbankia gracilis | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
20 231901
Amathia spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | This European species has been accidentally introduced into Australian and New Zealand waters, probably by shipping, and has the potential to be spread into other areas in this region. It is highly likely that more than one species is currently included under this name. | ||
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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 |