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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 231020 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Amathia imbricata   (Adams, 1798)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans Family: 20 231 Vesiculariidae (bryozoans) - show full list Common Name: [a bryozoan] Organism Type: a bryozoan Synonyms: Bowerbankia imbricata Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 20 231901     Amathia spp.

Taxon Notes:	This European species accidentally introduced into 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.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111667 Name status: unaccepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Gordon, D.P., 2009. New bryozoan taxa from a new marine conservation area in New Zealand, with a checklist of Bryozoa from Greater Cook Strait., Zootaxa, Vol. 1987: 39-60.
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