MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Aspidelectra melolontha (Landsborough, 1852)

BeRMS taxon details

Aspidelectra melolontha (Landsborough, 1852)

AphiaID

111350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111350)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aspidelectra Levinsen, 1909

Original name

Lepralia melolontha Landsborough, 1852

Synonymised names

Lepralia melolontha Landsborough, 1852 · unaccepted (basionym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Lepralia melolontha Landsborough, 1852) Landsborough, D. (1852). A popular history of British zoophytes, or corallines. London :Reeve and Co. 404pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/19828#/summary
page(s): 319 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Bock, P. (2021). World List of Bryozoa. Aspidelectra melolontha (Landsborough, 1852). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111350 on 2025-05-24

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Aspidelectra melolontha (Landsborough, 1852). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111350 on 2025-05-24

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

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Lepralia melolontha Landsborough, 1852) Landsborough, D. (1852). A popular history of British zoophytes, or corallines. London :Reeve and Co. 404pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/19828#/summary
page(s): 319 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [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 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 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