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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 432004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Watersipora subatra   (Ortmann, 1890)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans Family: 20 432 Watersiporidae (bryozoans) - show full list Common Name: [a bryozoan] Organism Type: a bryozoan Synonyms: Watersipora subtorquata (mis-identication) 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 regarded as an invasive species, and has been accidentally introduced to waters in this region. It includes some Australian and New Zealand material originally identified as Watersipora subtorquata. See Vieira et al, 2014.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:816025 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:	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.
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.