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Watersipora

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Watersiporidae

Taxonomy
Watersipora is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Watersiporidae.

It was assigned to Cheiloporinidae by Bassler (1953) and Pouyet (2000); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Watersiporidae by Berning (2006).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Watersipora Bassler p. G217
2000Watersipora Pouyet
2002Watersipora Sepkoski
2006Watersipora Berning p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina(Levinsen 1909)
Lepraliomorpha(Gordon 1989)
superfamilySmittinoideaLevinsen 1909
familyWatersiporidaeVigneaux 1949
genusWatersipora

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Watersipora goniostoma Reuss 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2007-09-18 02:46:35
Modified: 2008-02-27 09:01:45
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain W. goniostoma (177485 177486 178465)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) W. complanata, W. subovoidea (122994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy W. sp. (176385)