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]
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
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Nomenclature
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(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
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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






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]