Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Scrupariina > Superfamily Scruparioidea > Family Scrupariidae

Scruparia Oken, 1815

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Scruparia ambigua (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Scruparia chelata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates].
basis of record	Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (1999). Cheilostomatous Bryozoa: part 2 Hippothooidea - Celleporoidea: notes for the identification of British species. 2nd ed.. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 14. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-263-3. vii, 416 pp.
status source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (1970). Opinion 902 Bugula Oken, 1815, and Scruparia Oken, 1815 (Bryozoa): validated under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 26: 221-222.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Scruparia Oken, 1815. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110976