Spiritopora

Spiritopora is a genus of marine invertebrate. The only known species is Spiritopora perplexa which is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It is a cyclostome bryozoan, in the family Diaperoeciidae and order Cyclostomatida, described by Taylor and Gordon in 2003.[2][3][4][5]

Spiritopora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Cyclostomatida
Family: Diaperoeciidae
Genus: Spiritopora
Taylor & Gordon, 2003
Species:
S. perplexa
Binomial name
Spiritopora perplexa
Taylor & Gordon, 2003

Spiritopora perplexa has been found only in Piwhane / Spirits Bay at the northern tip of the North Island of New Zealand.

References
  1. "Spiritopora perplexa Taylor & Gordon, 2003". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. Paul D. Taylor; Dennis P. Gordon (September 2003). "Endemic new cyclostome bryozoans from Spirits Bay, a New Zealand marine‐biodiversity "hotspot"". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 37 (3): 653–669. doi:10.1080/00288330.2003.9517196. ISSN 0028-8330. Wikidata Q56535511.
  3. Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002–2006. Census of Marine Life.
  4. Gordon, D. (2009). Bryozoa, Hemichordata. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. p. 584.
  5. Bisby, F.A.; Roskov, Y.R.; Orrell, T.M.; Nicolson, D.; Paglinawan, L.E.; Bailly, N.; Kirk, P.M.; Bourgoin, T.; Baillargeon, G.; Ouvrard, D. (red.) (24 September 2012). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK.


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