WoRMS taxon details
Parasmittina egyptiaca (Waters, 1909)
470416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:470416)
accepted
Species
Parasmittina egytiaca · unaccepted
Smittia egyptiaca Waters, 1909 · unaccepted > superseded combination (Basionym)
Smittia egyptiaca var. heroopolita Waters, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Smittia egyptiaca Waters, 1909) Waters, A. W. (1909). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea... 12. The Bryozoa, Part 1, Cheilostomata. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society (zoology) London.</em> 31: 123-181.
page(s): 157 [details]
page(s): 157 [details]
Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Parasmittina egyptiaca (Waters, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=470416 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Smittia egyptiaca Waters, 1909) Waters, A. W. (1909). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea... 12. The Bryozoa, Part 1, Cheilostomata. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society (zoology) London.</em> 31: 123-181.
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Smittia egyptiaca var. heroopolita Waters, 1909) Waters, A. W. (1909). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea... 12. The Bryozoa, Part 1, Cheilostomata. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society (zoology) London.</em> 31: 123-181.
page(s): 158 [details]
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Smittia egyptiaca var. heroopolita Waters, 1909) Waters, A. W. (1909). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea... 12. The Bryozoa, Part 1, Cheilostomata. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society (zoology) London.</em> 31: 123-181.
page(s): 158 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Egypt (Nation) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
