Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Flustrina > Superfamily Smittinoidea > Family Watersiporidae

Watersipora Neviani, 1896

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dakaria*	Jullien in Jullien & Calvet, 1903	synonym

Children

Dakaria chevreuxi Jullien & Calvet, 1903
Watersipora aterrima (Ortmann, 1890)
Watersipora cucullata (Busk, 1854)
Watersipora subtorquata (d'Orbigny, 1852)

Literature

original description	Neviani, A. (1896). Briozoi fossili della Farnesina e di Monte Mario presson Roma. Palaeontographia Italica, 1 (1895): 77-140
basis of record	Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333
additional source	Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 271-297.
taxonomy source	Vieira, L. M.; Jones, M. E. S.; Taylor, P. D. (2014). The identity of the invasive fouling bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata (d'Orbigny) and some other congeneric species. Zootaxa. 3857(2): 151-182.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Watersipora Neviani, 1896. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110991