Melicerita Milne Edwards, 1836

This page includes the subgenus Melicerita only; the subgenus Henrimilnella is included on a separate page.

Type species: Melicertina charlesworthii Morris, 1843. (The genus was defined by Milne Edwards with a species name, "Mélicérite de Charlesworth" which was not in binominal form).

This genus includes the species:

Synonyms Author Type Species
Pseudocellaria Livingstone, 1928 Aspidostoma obliquum Thornely, 1924
Meliceritina Ehrenberg, 1839
Ulidium Searles Wood, 1844

 

  1. Melicerita (Melicerita) acutimarginata
    		2.  MacGillivray, 1895 Tertiary Australia WoRMS 1404905
  2. Melicerita (Melicerita) alternans
    		3. d'Hondt & Gordon, 1999 Recent New Caledonia WoRMS 472870
  3. Melicerita (Melicerita) angustiloba
    		4. Tenison Woods, 1862 Tertiary
    Recent    		 Australia WoRMS 471174
  4. Melicerita (Melicerita) atlantica
    		5. Busk, 1884 Recent Patagonian Shelf WoRMS 471177
  5. Melicerita biseriata
    		6.  Souto, 2019 Recent Atlantic Hayes FZ WoRMS 1354157
  6. Melicerita (Melicerita) blancoae
    		7. Lopez Gappa, 1981 Recent S. Atlantic WoRMS 471172
  7. Melicerita (Melicerita) brasiliensis
    		8.  Vieira, Gordon, Souza & Haddad, 2010 Recent West Atlantic - Brazil WoRMS 468325
  8. Melicerita (Melicerita) charlesworthii
    		9. Morris, 1843 Tertiary Europe WoRMS 1404906
  9. Melicerita (Melicerita) chathamensis
    		10. Uttley & Bullivant, 1972 Recent New Zealand WoRMS 471175
  10. Melicerita (Melicerita) depressa
    		11.  De Blauwe & Gordon, 2014 Recent Antarctic - Weddell Sea WoRMS 768227
  11. Melicerita (Melicerita) digeronimoi
    		12. Rosso, 1992 Recent Antarctica WoRMS 173315
  12. Melicerita (Melicerita) ejuncida
    		13. Gordon, 1986 Recent Kermadec Is. WoRMS 472869
  13. Melicerita elliptica
    		14.  Maplestone, 1901 Neogene Miocene Australia Victoria WoRMS 1404908
  14. Melicerita (Melicerita) flabellifera
    		15. Hayward & Winston, 1994 Recent Antarctica WoRMS 471173
  15. Melicerita imperforata
    		16.  López-Gappa & Pérez, 2023 Neogene Miocene Aquitanian-Burdigalian Argentina WoRMS 1651559
  16. Melicerita (Melicerita) knoxi
    		17. Uttley & Bullivant, 1972 Recent New Zealand WoRMS 471178
  17. Melicerita (Melicerita) latilaminata
    		18. Rogick, 1956 Recent Antarctica WoRMS 173319
  18. Melicerita (Melicerita) lingulata
    		19.  Liu & Hu, 1991 Recent Antarctic WoRMS 768229
  19. Melicerita mutinensis
    		20.  (Namias, 1891) Neogene Pliocene Italy WoRMS 1412037
  20. Melicerita (Melicerita) obliqua
    		21. (Thornely, 1924) Recent Antarctica WoRMS 173323
  21. Melicerita (Melicerita) sorrentae
    		22. Chapman & Crespin, 1928 Tertiary SE Australia WoRMS 1404907
  22. Melicerita (Melicerita) subantarctica
    		23. d'Hondt, 1984 Recent Bouvet I. WoRMS 471179
  23. Melicerita (Melicerita) temaukeli
    		24. Moyano, 1997 Recent Chile WoRMS 471176
  24. Melicerita (Melicerita) transversa
    		25.  De Blauwe & Gordon, 2014 Recent Antarctic - Weddell Sea WoRMS 768228
  25. Melicerita triforis
    		26.  Ortmann, 1900 Neogene Miocene Argentina WoRMS 1404910
[Melicerita acutimarginata] [Melicerita angustiloba] [Melicerita charlesworthii]
Melicerita acutimarginata Melicerita angustiloba Melicerita charlesworthii
(thanks to Dennis Gordon, NIWA)

Melicerita brasiliensis at Cifonauta - Brazil.

Melicerita charlesworthi at Neogene Bryozoa of Britain.

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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 28/07/2014
Modified on 30/6/2019 (Added M.biseriata, M.elliptica, M.mutinensis, M. triforis)
Modified on 8/6/2020 (Added WoRMS links)
Modified on 3/4/2023 (Added M.imperforata, deleted M.ortmanni)
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