Paralicornia

Paralicornia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Candidae
Genus:	Paralicornia Vieira, Spencer Jones, Winston, Migotto & Marques, 2014
Type species
Paralicornia sinuosa (Canu & Bassler, 1927)
Species
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Paralicornia is a genus of gymnolaematan bryozoans (sea mats). ^[1]

Species

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

• Paralicornia electilis Winston & Jackson, 2021
• Paralicornia hamata (Tilbrook & Vieira, 2012)
• † Paralicornia interdigitata Di Martino, Taylor & Portell, 2017
• Paralicornia limatula (Hayward, 1988)
• Paralicornia obtecta (Haswell, 1880)
• Paralicornia pusilla (Smitt, 1872)
• Paralicornia sinuosa (Canu & Bassler, 1927)
• Paralicornia spatulatoidea (Liu, 1980)
• Paralicornia unguiculata (Osburn, 1950)

References

1. "Paralicornia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paralicornia Vieira, Spencer Jones, Winston, Migotto & Marques, 2014". 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.