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Animalia (kingdom) » Bryozoa (phylum) » Gymnolaemata (class) » Cheilostomatida (order) » Scrupariidae (family)

CAAB Code:	20 307002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Scruparia ambigua (d'Orbigny, 1847)

CAAB category:	20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans
Family:	20 307 Scrupariidae (bryozoans) - show full list
Common Name:	[a bryozoan]
Organism Type:	a bryozoan
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Regions:	Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) South Pacific (Fiji etc.) Southern Ocean (non coastal)
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	20 307902 Scruparia spp.

Taxon Notes:

This species was originally described from Europe, and is regarded as having a cosmopolitan distribution except for polar waters.

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a1b0d5a9-f264-4f2a-9198-8bb58e33ed72 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111539 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Gordon, D.P. Taylor, P.D. Bigey, F.P., 2009. Phylum Bryozoa. In: Gordon, D.P., Editor, New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia: 271-297. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, NZ 566pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Cook, P.L. Bock, P.E. Hayward, P.J. Gordon, D.P., 2018. Class Gymnolaemata, Order Cheilostomata. In: Cook, P.L. Bock, P.E. Gordon, D.P. Weaver, H.J., Editors, Australian Bryozoa Volume 2: Taxonomy of Australian Families.: 61-279. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, VIC 314pp.

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