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

Watersipora aterrima (Ortmann, 1890)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Schizoporella Hincks, 1877

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Watersipora*	Neviani, 1896	accepted genus name
*Dakaria*	Jullien in Jullien & Calvet, 1903	synonym

Literature

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	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.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Watersipora aterrima (Ortmann, 1890). 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:111588