Title
An annotated checklist of coral-associated bryozoans
Title Variants
Alternative:
Coral-associated bryozoans
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 2859
By
Winston, Judith E.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1986
Notes
Title from caption.
"October 29, 1986."
"Bryozoans are known to be an important component of cryptic reef communities worldwide, with many species apparently circumtropical in distribution. Taxonomic work on reef bryozoans still lags behind work on their ecology. This checklist, which includes an illustration or a reference to an illustration for each species, is an attempt to assist both taxonomists and ecologists in identifying reef-associated species. To date, 284 species of bryozoans have been reported from coral substrata and/or reef environments in the following areas: Caribbean, Red Sea, East Africa, Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef, Eniwetak, Hawaii, Eastern Pacific. The majority of them (69%) are ascophoran cheilostomes. Anascan cheilostomes are also abundant (25%), while tubuliporates and ctenostomes have been recorded much less frequently. Parasmittina, Celleporaria, and Rhynchozoon are the most successful cheilostome genera in terms of number of species recorded from reefs. Most genera and many species are recorded from at least two tropical areas"--P. [1].
Subjects
Bryozoa
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Classification
,
Coral reef animals
,
Marine invertebrates
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.2859, 1986
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
15731871
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