Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Amathia vidovici
briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Ctenostomatida
Suborder
Vesicularina
Family
Vesiculariidae
Genus
Amathia
Species
vidovici
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Valkeria vidovici Heller, 1867 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Massachusetts to Colombia; France to the Mediterranean and the Cape Verde Islands, Indian Ocean, California and Galapagos Islands (Banta & Redden, 1990).
- 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.
- Banta, W.C. (1991) The Bryozoa of the Galápagos. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 371-367.
- 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, Amathia vidovici", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8015. Accessed 31 October 2026.