Galapagos Species Database

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Reptadeonella violacea (Johnston, 1847)

briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Gymnolaemata

Order
Cheilostomatida

Suborder
Neocheilostomatina

Superfamily
Adeonoidea

Family
Adeonidae

Section
Umbonulomorpha

Genus
Reptadeonella

Species
violacea

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Adeona violacea (Johnston, 1847), Heckelia violacea (Johnston, 1847), Lepralia violacea Johnston, 1847, Microporella violacea (Johnston, 1847), Porina violacea (Johnston, 1847) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Britain, Mediterranean, Cape Verde Island, Western Africa, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Baja California, Colombia and Galapagos Islands (Banta & Redden, 1990)

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Banta, W.C. Redden, J.C. (1990) A Checklist of the Bryozoa of the Galapagos. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 103(4), 789–802.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Reptadeonella violacea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15398. Accessed 28 May 2025.