Watersipora subtorquata Red-rust Bryozoan

Watersipora subtorquatais commonly referred to as Red-rust Bryozoan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Watersipora subtorquata, 2017

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Scientific:: Watersipora subtorquata
German:: Rostrotes Mosstierchen
English:: Red-rust Bryozoan

Category:: Bryozoa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Cheilostomatida (Order) > Watersiporidae (Family) > Watersipora (Genus) > subtorquata (Species)
Initial determination:: (d'Orbigny, ), 1852

Occurrence:: Australia, China, European Coasts, France, Gulf of Mexico, Invasive Species, Komodo (Komodo Island), New Zealand, North Pacific (Ocean), South-Africa, South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia), the British Isles, USA
Sea depth:: 0 - 76 Meter
Size:: 11.81" - 23.62" (30cm - 60cm)
Temperature:: °F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C)
Food:: Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Watersipora arcuata
Watersipora aterrima
Watersipora complanata
Watersipora cucullata
Moostierchen
Watersipora nigra
Watersipora platypora
Watersipora subtorquata
Rostrotes Mosstierchen

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-03-17 19:34:58
Last edit:: 2023-11-18 16:54:38

Info

Watersipora subtorquata (d'Orbigny, 1852)

This red-rust moss animal is known from rocks, oyster shells, pilings, floats, oil platforms, ships' hulls, and fouling plates. It is tolerant of copper and mercury antifouling paints,

It is a suspension feeder.

Synonymised names:
Watersipora edmondsoni Soule & Soule, 1968

Scientific paper

The complete mitochondrial genome of Watersipora subtorquata (Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Ctenostomata) with phylogenetic consideration of Bryozoa, Ming'an Sun; Zhigang Wu; Xin Shen; Jianfeng Ren; Xixing Liu; Huilian Liu; Bin Liu, 2009
Invasion patterns inferred from cytochrome oxidase I sequences in three bryozoans,Bugula neritina,Watersipora subtorquata, andWatersipora arcuata, Joshua A. Mackie; Michael J. Keough; Les Christidis, 2006

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2023.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Watersipora subtorquata, red-rust bryozoan, Morro Bay, California 2023

Red-rust Bryozoan,Watersipora subtorquata from under a rock at Bastion Point,Tamaki Drive.2019

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