African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Amathia Lamouroux, 1812

AphiaID

111022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111022)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Vesiculariidae Johnston, 1838

Synonymised names

Zoobotryon Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

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Species Amathia brasiliensis Busk, 1886
Species Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Société Philosophique, 3: 181-188, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31775884 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Amathia Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111022 on 2026-05-21

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Amathia Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111022 on 2026-05-21

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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original description Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Société Philosophique, 3: 181-188, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31775884 [details]

basis of record Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amathia)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zoobotryon) (from synonym Zoobotryon Ehrenberg, 1831)
To Genbank (from synonym Zoobotryon Ehrenberg, 1831)
To The Arctic Traits Database (6 traits)
To ITIS