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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	20 432001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Watersipora arcuata   Banta, 1969
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans Family: 20 432 Watersiporidae (bryozoans) - show full list Common Name: [a bryozoan] Organism Type: a bryozoan Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 20 432901     Watersipora spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is an invasive species, and has been accidentally introduced to waters in this region.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c2b6af63-c3d5-4792-bffd-ab17821280d1 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395087 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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:	Vieira, L.M., Jones, M.S., Taylor, P.D., 2014. The identity of the invasive fouling bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata (d'Orbigny) and some other congeneric species., Zootaxa, Vol. 3857(2): 151-182.