Vesiculariidae

Belongs within: Bryozoa.

The Vesiculariidae are a family of ctenostome bryozoans characterised by the presence of a distinct stolon. Members include the genus Vesicularia which has ovate, deciduous, distant zooecia that are contracted at the base and polypides possessing a gizzard (Harmer 1915).

Characters (from Harmer 1915): Axis relatively thick, branching, tubular; zooecia directly attached to axis by contracted or expanded base; axis usually divided by diaphragms into internodes, each of which gives off a number of zooecia; budding only from axis. Tentacles usually 8-10. Gizzard generally present.

<==Vesiculariidae [Vesiculariadae]
    |--Vesicularia Thompson 1830Ha15
    |    |--*V. spinosa (Linnaeus 1758)Ha15, L58 [=Sertularia spinosaHa15]
    |    `--V. papuensis Busk 1886 [incl. V. trichotoma Busk 1886]Ha15
    |--Bowerbankia Farre 1837Ha15
    |    |--B. gracilis Leidy 1855HJ08
    |    |--B. imbricata (Adams 1800) (see below for synonymy)Ha15
    |    `--B. pustulosa [=Vesicularia pustulosa]Ha15
    |--Zoobotryon Ehrenberg 1831Ha15
    |    |--‘Vesicularia’ bilateralisHa15
    |    |--‘Daedalea’ mauritianaHa15
    |    |--Z. pellucidum [incl. Bowerbankia biserialis Hincks 1887]Ha15
    |    `--Z. verticillatum della Chiaje 1828HJ08
    `--Amathia Lamouroux 1912 [=Serialaria Lamarck 1816]Ha15
         |--A. brasiliensis Busk 1886Ha15
         |--A. convoluta Lamouroux 1816 (see below for synonymy)Ha15
         |--A. dichotomaF68
         |--A. distans Busk 1886 [incl. A. acervata Lamouroux 1824]Ha15
         |--‘Serialaria’ lendigeraR26 [=Sertularia (Serialaria) lentigeraG20]
         |--A. pruvotiHa15
         |--A. semiconvolutaHa15
         |--A. spiralisHa15
         |--A. tortuosaHe15
         |--‘Serialaria’ unilateralisR26
         `--A. vidovici Heller 1867HJ08

Amathia convoluta Lamouroux 1816 [=Serialaria convoluta Lamarck 1816; incl. Sirinx circumplicata ms, Se. crispa Lamarck 1816, A. semispiralis Busk 1886, Se. semispiralis]^Ha15

Bowerbankia imbricata (Adams 1800) [=Sertularia imbricata, Vesicularia imbricata; incl. Bowerbankia caudata Annandale 1911, B. densa Farre 1837]^Ha15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[F68] Franz, D. R. 1968. Occurrence and distribution of New Jersey Opisthobranchia. Nautilus 82 (1): 7–12.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[Ha15] Harmer, S. F. 1915. The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition—Part I. Entoprocta, Ctenostomata and Cyclostomata. E. J. Brill: Leyden.

[He15] Hedley, C. 1915. Presidential address. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 49 (1): 1–77, pls 1–7.

[HJ08] Huisman, J. M., D. S. Jones, F. E. Wells & T. Burton. 2008. Introduced marine biota in Western Australian waters. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25 (1): 1–44.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[R26] Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes vol. 5. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.