Watersipora subtorquata, commonly known as the red-rust bryozoan, is a species of colonial bryozoan in the family Watersiporidae. It is unclear from where it originated but it is now present in many warm-water coastal regions throughout the world, and has become invasive on the west coast of North America and in Australia and New Zealand. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System.
As an early successional species, Centre for Environmental Data and Recording, 2018. Watersipora subatra (Ortmann, 1890) We’re sorry, but GBIF doesn’t work properly without JavaScript enabled. context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. synonym auct. information on the biology of species and the ecology of habitats found around the coasts and seas of the British IslesRecorded along the south coast of England, from Plymouth to Portsmouth and in Pembrokeshire.
Colonizes a variety of hard substrata, most commonly in the lower intertidal and shallow subtidal but can be found to depths of 10 m or more. Watersipora subatra (Ortmann, 1890) UKSI Synonym Source; Watersipora subtorquata (d'Orbigny, 1852) auct. The roughly rectangular zooids are organized into tightly packed lines that radiate out from the first colonizing zooid (ancestrula). Cryptic speciation in W. subatra (as W. subtorquata) and a Californian lineage 15% divergent in COI nucleotide sequence from another widespread clade (Ryland et al 2009, cited in Vieira et al 2014) Two genetically shallow groups in W. subatra (as W. subtorquata): clade A in Europe and Australasia, and clade B in California (Mackie et al 2012, cited in Vieira et al 2014) (2011). Unpublished records expand this range to include sites between Newlyn and Eastbourne, as well as Guernsey and, Dublin, Ireland. version 1.0. Colonies establish on both natural and manmade surfaces including docks, vessel hulls, floating debris and rocks and shells. Our website has detected that you are using an outdated insecure browser that will prevent … UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. Watersipora subatra is typically red or orange in colour but may be purplish-brown, black or grey with lighter edges where the younger zooids are found. brit. Occurrence dataset NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. brit. Ulster Museum Marine Surveys of Northern Ireland Coastal Waters. Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN), The Marine Biological Association of the UK (see The information (TEXT ONLY) provided by the Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) is licensed under a Available from: OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System), 2020.