Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Ctenostomatida > Suborder Vesicularina > Superfamily Vesicularioidea > Family Vesiculariidae > Genus Amathia

Amathia distans Busk, 1886

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amathia*	Lamouroux, 1812	accepted genus name
*Bowerbankia*	Farre, 1837	synonym
*Zoobotryon*	Ehrenberg, 1831	synonym

Literature

original description	Busk, G. (1886). Report on the Polyzoa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part 2. The Cyclostomata, Ctenostomata and Pedicellinea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 17 (part 50): i-viii, 1-47, pl. 1-10.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 271-297.
additional source	Winston, J. E. and F. J. Maturo Jr. 2009. Bryozoans (Ectoprocta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1147–1164 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Amathia distans Busk, 1886. 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:111656