WoRMS taxon details

Microporella ciliata (Pallas, 1766)

111421  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111421)

accepted
Species
Berenicea utriculata Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)
Eschara ciliata Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (Basionym)
Lepralia ciliata (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Lepralia insignis Hassall, 1841 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)
Lepralia pustula Dalyell, 1848 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eschara ciliata Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. <em>[book].</em> pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 38 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...  
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Cape Breton Channel), ; lower North Shore; Cobscook Bay [details]
Bock, P. (2024). World List of Bryozoa. Microporella ciliata (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111421 on 2024-04-23
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original description  (of Eschara ciliata Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. <em>[book].</em> pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 38 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Lepralia insignis Hassall, 1841) Hassal, A.H. (1841). XXXIX.—Supplement to a Catalogue of Irish Zoophytes. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 7: 363-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2314625
page(s): 368 [details]   

original description  (of Lepralia pustula Dalyell, 1848) Dalyell, J. G. (1848). Rare and remarkable animals of Scotland, represented from living subjects: with practical observations on their nature. J.Van Voorst, London, 2: 1-iv, 322, available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=_vlKAQAAMAAJ&ots=A8k_UTOItn&dq=Dalyell%2C%20J.%20G.%091848%09Rare%20and%20remarkable%20animals%20of%20Scotland%2C%20represented%20from%20living%20subjects%3A%20with%20practical%20observations%20on%20their%20nature.&lr&pg=P
page(s): 75 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System.  [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Huang ZG., Li CY. & Liu XX. (1990). The bryozoan foulers of Hong Kong and neighbouring waters. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: pp737-765. [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Logan, A.; Mathers, S. M.; Thomas, M. L. H. (1984). Sessile invertebrate coelobite communities from reefs of Bermuda: species composition and distribution. Coral Reefs, 2: 205-213 [details]   

basis of record Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source 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  PDF available [request] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 271-297. [details]   

additional source Winston, J. E. and F. J. Maturo Jr. 2009. Bryozoans (Ectoprocta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1147–1164 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Di Martino, E.; Rosso, A. (2021). Seek and ye shall find: new species and new records of Microporella (Bryozoa, Cheilostomatida) in the Mediterranean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1053: 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1053.65324 [details]   

new combination reference Hincks, T. (1877). On British Polyzoa Part II. Classification. . Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (4) 20: 520-532, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15686645
page(s): 526 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Diet Small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellular algae. [details]

From other sources
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Cape Breton Channel), ; lower North Shore; Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [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]