WoRMS taxon details
Watersipora cucullata (Busk, 1854)
111590 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111590)
accepted
Species
Lepralia cucullata Busk, 1854 · unaccepted
Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852) · unaccepted (Nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lepralia cucullata Busk, 1854) Busk, G. (1854). Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, II. Cheilostomata (part). Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 55-120, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20859
page(s): 81 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
Distribution Locality records of species of Watersipora all must be reassessed in the light of the conclusions of Vieira et al (2014)....
Distribution Locality records of species of Watersipora all must be reassessed in the light of the conclusions of Vieira et al (2014). Records of W. cucullata are from the Mediterranean, including the Adriatic and the Aegean Seas. [details]
Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Watersipora cucullata (Busk, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111590 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lepralia cucullata Busk, 1854) Busk, G. (1854). Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, II. Cheilostomata (part). Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 55-120, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20859
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Vieira, L. M.; Jones, M. E. S.; Taylor, P. D. (2014). The identity of the invasive fouling bryozoan <em>Watersipora</em> <em>subtorquata</em> (d'Orbigny) and some other congeneric species. <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3857(2): 151-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3857.2.1
page(s): 162 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Vieira, L. M.; Jones, M. E. S.; Taylor, P. D. (2014). The identity of the invasive fouling bryozoan <em>Watersipora</em> <em>subtorquata</em> (d'Orbigny) and some other congeneric species. <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3857(2): 151-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3857.2.1
page(s): 162 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Locality records of species of Watersipora all must be reassessed in the light of the conclusions of Vieira et al (2014). Records of W. cucullata are from the Mediterranean, including the Adriatic and the Aegean Seas. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | チゴケムシ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Watersipora subovoidea) (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To Genbank (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To NHMUK collection (Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852); NHMUK:ecatalogue:547402) (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To PESI (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection (3 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Watersipora subovoidea) (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To Genbank (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To NHMUK collection (Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852); NHMUK:ecatalogue:547402) (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To PESI (from synonym Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection (3 records)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
