Species Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Species Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Compiler and date details

July 2001 - Dr Philip Bock

Flustra pilosa Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1301].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Colonial, continental shelf, epiphytic, filter-feeder, sessile, subtidal.

Notes

Wide distribution recorded. Species variable in habit and appearance.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Mar-2014	BRYOZOA Ehrenberg, 1831	25-Mar-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson (NMV) Elizabeth Greaves (NMV)
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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