Licornia prolata explained

Licornia prolata is a species of gymnolaematan bryozoans (sea mats) first described from the Queensland coast.^[1] Originally placed in Scrupocellaria, it has now been accepted within Licornia.^[2]

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.

Notes and References

1. Tilbrook, Kevin J., and Leandro M. Vieira. "Scrupocellaria (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from the Queensland coast, with the description of three new species." Zootaxa 3528 (2012): 29.
2. Licornia prolata . 723645 . 11 April 2020.