WoRMS name details

Hippoporina propinqua (Smitt, 1868)

157983  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157983)

 unaccepted (Alternative combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eschara verrucosa f. propinqua Smitt, 1868) Smitt, F. A. (1868). Kritisk förteckning öfver Skandinaviens Hafs-Bryozoer. IV. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 25: 3-230, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32327235
page(s): 146 [details] 
Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Hippoporina propinqua (Smitt, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157983 on 2025-04-06
Date
action
by
2005-05-24 16:52:44Z
created
2010-03-24 11:19:37Z
changed
2020-12-04 08:34:17Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description (of Eschara verrucosa f. propinqua Smitt, 1868) Smitt, F. A. (1868). Kritisk förteckning öfver Skandinaviens Hafs-Bryozoer. IV. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 25: 3-230, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32327235
page(s): 146 [details] 

basis of record Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellualr algae [details]

Habitat sessile, colonial on hard substratum epifauna in the marine environment [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]