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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Family: | Candidae |
| Genus: | Licornia |
| Species: | L. prolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Licornia prolata (Tilbrook & Vieira, 2012)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Licornia prolata". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
Further reading
edit- 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.
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