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Amathia verticillata   (delle Chiaje, 1822)

Bushy bryozoan
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Amathia verticillata

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gymnolaemata | Ctenostomatida | Vesiculariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range 0 - 22 m (Ref. 86508).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic. Introduced in the Mediterranean Sea. Tropical and subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 116066. Epibenthic, encrusting (Ref. 116066). Found attached on mangrove roots (Ref. 86536).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the phylum Bryozoa are hermaphroditic. Both fertilization and egg brooding may either be internal or external.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Soule, J.D. 1963. (Ref. 874)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Mass conversion

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.