original description(ofAscopodaria discreta Busk, 1886)Busk, G. (1886). Report on the Polyzoa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part 2. The Cyclostomata, Ctenostomata and Pedicellinea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 17 (part 50): i-viii, 1-47, pl. 1-10., available online athttp://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-50/README.htm[details]
basis of recordGordon, D.P. (2009). Phylum Kamptozoa: nodding animals, entoprocts, goblet worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 298-301.[details]
additional sourceNielsen, C. 2009. Entoprocta of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1143–1145 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 sourceLiu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype BMNH 1887.12.9.951-956, geounit Nightingale Island [details]