Species Rhabdopleura normani Allman, 1869
- Rhabdopleura normani Allman, G.J. 1869. Rhabdopleura normani Allman, nov. gen. & sp. pp. 311-312 in Norman, A.M. Shetland Final Dredging Report. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa and Porifera. Reports of the British Association of the Advancement of Science 38(1868): 247-336 [311-312].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1898.5.7.196 (Norman Collection), Outer Haaf, Is., Unst Shetlands, rocky substrate, 170 m. - Rhabdopleura mirabilis Sars, G.O. 1872. On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. I. Christiania (University Programme) 82 pp. 6 pls. [1] [fuller description given by Sars, G.O. 1874. On Rhabdopleura mirabilis (M. Sars). Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 14: 23–44].
Type data:
Holotype BMBN, Skraven, Lofoten, soft clay, shell fragments, sand, 183–549 m. - Rhabdopleura grimaldii Jullien, J. 1890. Description d'un Bryozoaire nouveau du genre Rhabdopleura. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 15: 180-183 [180-183].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MOM 86 2001, dredged off Is. of Pico, Azores, rock bottom, depth 318 (several colonies on a bryozoan). - Rhabdopleura manubialis Jullien, J. & Calvet, L. 1903. Bryozoaires provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle (1886–1888). 1. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 23: 1-188 [24-25].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MOM 86 2002, dredged off Is. of Pico, Azores, rock bottom, depth 318, with R. grimaldi.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lankester, E.R. 1884. A contribution to the knowledge of Rhabdopleura. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 24: 622-647 (for Rhabdopleura mirabilis)
- Schepotieff, A. 1907. Die Pterobranchier. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung für Anatomie 23: 463-534 (for Rhabdopleura grimaldii, Rhabdopleura manubialis)
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Off Kaiser Wilhelm Land, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, Lofoten Is., west coast of Norway, Shetland Is., Mediterranean Sea, Bay of Biscay, near the Azores, ?Fiji.
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Original AFD Distribution Data
Antarctic Region
- Australian Antarctic Territory
- Subantarctic Islands
- Tristan da Cunha
Neotropical Region
- Bermuda
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Bathysmal, colonial, littoral, marine, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Tubiculous, microphagous ciliary/mucus feeder, asexual and sexual reproduction, dispersal by planula-like larvae, intertidal to 550 m, on rocks, shells, corals in association with a variety of sedentary invertebrates—hydroids, bryozoa, sponges, spirorbids, boring polychaetes, serpulids, Foraminifera, folliculinids, brachiopods and tunicates.
General References
Burdon-Jones, C. 1954. The habitat and distribution of Rhabdopleura normani Allman. Universitetet i Bergen Arbok Naturvitenskapelig Rekke 11: 3-17 (habitat, distribution)
Burdon-Jones, C. & Tambs-Lyche, A. 1960. Observations on the fauna of the north Brattholmen stone-coral reef near Bergen. Universitetet i Bergen Arbok Naturvitenskapelig Rekke 4: 1-24 (associated fauna)
Dilly, P.N. & Ryland, J.S. 1985. An intertidal Rhabdopleura (Hemichordata, Pterobranchia) from Fiji. Journal of Zoology, London A 205: 611-623 (tentatively identified as R. normani, burrowing habit, associated fauna)
Sars, G.O. 1874. On Rhabdopleura mirabilis (M. Sars). Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 14: 23-44
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |