WoRMS name details
Membranipora pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
153812 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153812)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Flustra pilosa Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Flustra pilosa Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
basis of record Prenant, M. (1931). Sur une collection de bryozoaires de la Mer du Nord appartenant au Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique [On a collection of bryozoans of the North Sea belonging to the Musée Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 7(17)</i>: 1-6 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Prenant, M. (1931). Sur une collection de bryozoaires de la Mer du Nord appartenant au Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique [On a collection of bryozoans of the North Sea belonging to the Musée Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 7(17)</i>: 1-6 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Ecology In western part of the English Channel this species is hardly to be observed beneath the tidal zone whereas at the Belgian coast this species appears by dredging, often associated with other species. [details]
