Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Flustrina > Infraorder Umbonulomorpha > Superfamily Umbonuloidea > Family Umbonulidae > Genus Umbonula

Umbonula ovicellata Hastings, 1944

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Umbonula*	Hincks, 1880	accepted genus name
*Discopora*	Lamarck, 1816	junior homonym
*Colletosia*	Jullien, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Cellepora verrucosa*	Esper, 1790	synonym
*Umbonula verrucosa*	(Esper, 1790)	synonym

Literature

original description	Hastings, A. B. (1944). XXXI.—Notes on Polyzoa (Bryozoa).—I. Umbonula verrucosa auctt.: U. ovicellata, sp. n. and U. littoralis, sp. n. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11(77): 273-284.
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. & 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.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Umbonula ovicellata Hastings, 1944. 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:111587