WoRMS taxon details
Cystisella elegantula (d'Orbigny, 1851)
159829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159829)
accepted
Species
Eschara elegantula d'Orbigny, 1851 · unaccepted
Porella elegantula (d'Orbigny, 1851) · unaccepted (Alternative combination)
- Variety Cystisella elegantula var. palmata (Bidenkap, 1897) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eschara elegantula d'Orbigny, 1851) Orbigny, A. d'. (1851). Paléontologie française, Terrains Crétacés, V, Bryozoaires. 1: 1-188. Victor Masson, Paris.
page(s): 102 [details]
page(s): 102 [details]
Distribution lower North Shore; northern Gaspe waters
Distribution lower North Shore; northern Gaspe waters [details]
Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Cystisella elegantula (d'Orbigny, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159829 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eschara elegantula d'Orbigny, 1851) Orbigny, A. d'. (1851). Paléontologie française, Terrains Crétacés, V, Bryozoaires. 1: 1-188. Victor Masson, Paris.
page(s): 102 [details]
basis of record 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
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new combination reference Canu, F.; Bassler, R. S. (1920). North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 106: 1-879. (2 vols.)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/946782
page(s): 480 [details]
page(s): 102 [details]
basis of record 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

new combination reference Canu, F.; Bassler, R. S. (1920). North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 106: 1-879. (2 vols.)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/946782
page(s): 480 [details]





From editor or global species database
Identification d'Orbigny's species is valid, although most subsequent authors have misidentified Cystisella saccata (Busk, 1856) as this species. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution lower North Shore; northern Gaspe waters [details]Habitat circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To MNHN Fossil collection (Eschara elegantula d'ORBIGNY, 1851; Syntype; F.R64254) (from synonym Eschara elegantula d'Orbigny, 1851)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym