WoRMS name details
Callopora aurita (Hincks)
146748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146748)
unaccepted (invalid)
Species
- Subspecies Callopora aurita norvegica Nordgaard, 1918 accepted as Tegella norvegica Nordgaard, 1918 (Basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Membranipora aurita Hincks, 1877) Hincks, T. (1877). XXVIII - On British Polyzoa. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4(20): 212-217., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15686339#page/226/mode/1up
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 213 [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the Northern tip of...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the Northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Cobscook Bay [details]
Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Callopora aurita (Hincks). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146748 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Membranipora aurita Hincks, 1877) Hincks, T. (1877). XXVIII - On British Polyzoa. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4(20): 212-217., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15686339#page/226/mode/1up
page(s): 213 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 213 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (1998). Cheilostomatous Bryozoa: 1. Aeteoidea - Cribrilinoidea: notes for the identification of British species. 2nd ed. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 10. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-261-7. vii, 366 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellualr algae [details]Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the Northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Cobscook Bay [details]
Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Predators grazing organisms such as sea urchins and fish; also subject to competition and overgrowth from sponges, algae, and tunicates [details]
Reproduction sexual and asexual; bryozoan colonies consist of replicated series of zooids, each budded asexually from a predecessor. The founding zooid metamorphoses from the sexually produced larva. Hermaphroditic. [details]
