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Licornia peltata

species of bryozoan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ14325257 ↗
Source-derived summary

Licornia peltata is a species of gymnolaematan bryozoan (sea mat) first described from the Queensland coast. Originally placed in the genus Scrupocellaria, it has now been classified within the genus Licornia.

References

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.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Licornia peltata” as species of bryozoan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997, 2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Licornia, peltata and species can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of bryozoan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “Licornia peltata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.