Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Flustrina > Superfamily Celleporoidea > Family Hippoporidridae > Genus Hippoporidra

Hippoporidra edax (Busk, 1859)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cellepora Linnaeus, 1767

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

HippoporidraCanu & Bassler, 1927accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record

Winston, J. E. and F. J. Maturo Jr. 2009. Bryozoans (Ectoprocta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1147–1164 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

additional source

Di Martino, E.; Taylor, P. D.; Portell, R. W. (2017). Bryozoans from the Lower Miocene Chipola Formation, Calhoun County, Florida, USA. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 53(4): 97–200.

source of synonymy

Taylor, P.D.; Cook, P.L. (1981). Hippoporidra edax (Busk 1859) and a revision of some fossil and living Hippoporidra (Bryozoa). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Geology). 35: 243-251.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Hippoporidra edax (Busk, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422406

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status EN This species is endangered and is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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Last modified

2014-02-14 by Phil Bock

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