Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Entoprocta > Family Loxosomatidae > Genus Loxosomella

Loxosomella compressa Nielsen & Ryland, 1961

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Loxosomella*	Mortensen, 1911	accepted genus name
*Loxocalyx*	Mortensen, 1911	synonym
*Loxomespilon*	Bobin & Prenant, 1953	synonym

Literature

original description	Nielsen, C. and Ryland, J. S. 1961. Three new species of Entoprocta from west Norway. Sarsia 1: 39-45.
basis of record	Hayward, P.J. (2001). Entoprocta, 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. 179-180
additional source	Nielsen, C. (1989). Entoprocts: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series). 41, 131p.
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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Loxosomella compressa Nielsen & Ryland, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111824

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

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2004-12-21 by Peter Hayward

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