Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Flustrina > Superfamily Lepralielloidea > Family Escharellidae > Genus Escharella

Escharella ventricosa (Hassall, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lepralia Johnston, 1838

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Escharella*	Gray, 1848	accepted genus name
*Mucronella*	Hincks, 1880	synonym

Species group names

*Mucronella ventricosa*	(Hassall, 1842)	synonym

Literature

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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Hassall, A. H. (1842). XLIV.—On the Phosphorescence of Zoophytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8(52): 341-344.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Escharella ventricosa (Hassall, 1842). 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:111496