Species Pedicellinopsis fruticosa Hincks, 1884
- Pedicellinopsis fruticosa Hincks, T. 1884. Contributions towards a general history of the marine Polyzoa. Annals of Natural History 13: 356-369.
Introduction
This is the world's largest kamptozoan species.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Mostly found from 50-200 m depth, but is also reported from Ecklonia holdfasts in the low intertidal zone.
General References
Busk, G. 1886. Report on the Polyzoa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part II. The Cyclostomata, Ctenostomata, and Pedicellinea. pp. 1-47 in Wyville Thomson, C. (ed.). Reports of the Scientific Results of the Challenger Expedition, Zoology. London : Her Majesty's Stationary Office Vol. 17.
Hedley, C. 1915. An ecological sketch of the Sydney Beaches (Presidential address). Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 49: 15-77
Johnston, T.H. & Angel, L.M. 1940. Endoprocta. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 4: 215-231
MacGillivray, P.H. 1887. A catalogue of the marine Polyzoa of Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 187-224
Wasson, K. & Shepherd, S.A. 1997. Nodding heads (Phylum Kamptozoa or Entoprocta). pp. 975-992 in Shepherd, S.A. & Davies, M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Pt 3. Adelaide : South Australia Fauna and Flora Handbooks Committee.
Whitelegge, T. 1889. List of the Marine and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of Port Jackson and the Neighbourhood. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23: 163-323
History of changes
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