Please login if you have access to particular applications.
Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Bryozoa (phylum) » Gymnolaemata (class) » Ctenostomatida (order) » Vesiculariidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 20 231026 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Amathia citrina (Hincks, 1877) |
Rank: | Species |
|
Taxon Notes: | This European "species" is currently known only from port areas in New Zealand. Preliminary genetic work indicates this "species" is most likely a species complex. See Gordon & Spencer-Jones, 2013. | ||
Identifiers: |
|
Record source: | Gordon, D.P., Spencer-Jones, M., 2013. The amathiiform Ctenostomata (phylum Bryozoa) of New Zealand - including four new species, two of them of probable alien origin., Zootaxa, Vol. 3647(1): 75-95. |
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 |