Species Pterocella vesiculosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cellaria vesiculosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 568 pp.
• Catenicella alata Thomson, C Wyville 1858. On new Genera and Species of Polyzoa from the collection of Professor W.H. Harvey, Trinity College, Dublin. Part I. Proceedings of the Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Association 1: 77-93 [80].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1899.7.1.3650 1 slide, Bass Strait; BMNH 1899.7.1.3646 1 slide, Bass Strait; BMNH 1899.7.1.3649 1 slide, Bass Strait.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• D'Hondt, J.-L. 1979. Revision des bryozoaires de Lesueur et Péron conservés dans les collections du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 66(3): 9-24

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, SW coast
• New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

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

 

History of changes

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