MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

WoRMS taxon details

Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

AphiaID

111355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111355)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Electra Lamouroux, 1816

Original name

Flustra pilosa Linnaeus, 1767

Synonymised names

Annulipora dentata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)

Annulipora pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted (Alternative combination)

Flustra dentata Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted (synonym)

Flustra pilosa Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (basionym)

Flustra tomentosa Abildgaard, 1789 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)

Membranipora pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Electra pilosa ellisiana (Moll, 1803) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Subspecies Electra pilosa laxa (Smitt, 1868) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Flustra pilosa Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Arctic to Long Island Sound

Distribution Arctic to Long Island Sound [details]

Taxonomic citation

Bock, P. (2024). World List of Bryozoa. Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111355 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hayward, Peter

2005-02-01 08:42:39Z

checked

Gordon, Dennis

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Flustra pilosa Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]

original description (of Flustra dentata Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909
page(s): 15 [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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. 1-799. [details]

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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 271-297. [details]

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

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

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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 unicellar algae [details]

Unreviewed

Distribution Arctic to Long Island Sound [details]

Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral 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]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	pigget hindemosdyr	[details]
Dutch	harige vliescelpoliepharig mosdiertje	[details]
English	thorny sea-mat [from synonym]hairy sea-mat	[details]
French	ecorce pileuse	[details]
German	zottige SeerindeBedornte Seerinde [from synonym]	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	stjernemosdyr	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	stjernemosdyr	[details]
Polish	siateczniki kolczasty	[details]