Licornia

Licornia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Candidae
Genus:	Licornia van Beneden, 1850
Type species
Licornia jolloisii (Audouin, 1826)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Retiscrupocellariad'Hondt, 1988

Licornia is a genus of gymnolaematan bryozoans (sea mats). ^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Licornia: ^[2]

• Licornia annectens (MacGillivray, 1887)
• Licornia bifurcata (Liu, 2001)
• Licornia cervicornis (Busk, 1852)
• † Licornia cookei (Canu & Bassler, 1920)
• Licornia curvata (Harmer, 1926)
• Licornia cyclostoma (Busk, 1852)
• Licornia diadema (Busk, 1852)
• Licornia diegensis (Robertson, 1905)
• Licornia drachi (Marcus, 1955)
• Licornia ferox (Busk, 1852)
• Licornia gaspari (Thornely, 1907)
• Licornia jolloisii (Audouin, 1826)
• Licornia longispinosa (Harmer, 1926)
• Licornia macropora (Osburn, 1950)
• Licornia mexicana (Osburn, 1950)
• Licornia micheli (Marcus, 1955)
• † Licornia milneri (Canu & Bassler, 1920)
• Licornia peltata (Tilbrook & Vieira, 2012)
• Licornia prolata (Tilbrook & Vieira, 2012)
• Licornia pugnax (Osburn, 1950)
• † Licornia raigadensis (Badve & Sonar, 1997)
• Licornia regularis (Osburn, 1940)
• † Licornia resseri (Canu & Bassler, 1920)
• Licornia securifera (Busk, 1884)
• Licornia spinigera (Osburn, 1950)
• Licornia tridentata (Waters, 1918)
• Licornia vieirai Sokolover, Taylor & Ilan, 2016
• Licornia wasinensis (Waters, 1913)

References

1. "Licornia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Licornia van Beneden, 1850". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-25.

Further reading

• Badve, R. M., and M. A. Sonar. "Some fossil neocheilostomine bryozoans from the Holocene of the west coast of Maharashtra and Goa, India." Jour. Palaeontol. Soc. India 42 (1997): 35-48.
• GORDON, Dennis. "Bryozoa of New Caledonia." Compendium of marine species of New Caledonia. Documents scientifiques et techniques (2006): 157-168.
• Vieira, Leandro M., et al. "Evidence for polyphyly of the genus Scrupocellaria (Bryozoa: Candidae) based on a phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters." PLoS ONE 9.4 (2014): e95296.
• Vieira, Leandro M., et al. "Evidence for polyphyly of the genus Scrupocellaria (Bryozoa: Candidae) based on a phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters." PLoS ONE 9.4 (2014): e95296.