Schizoporella japonica Ortmann, 1890
(a bryozoan)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSchizoporella japonica (a bryozoan)
GenusSchizoporella (a genus of bryozoans)
FamilySCHIZOPORELLIDAE (a family of calcareous, encrusting bryozoans)
SuperfamilySCHIZOPORELLOIDEA (a superfamily of bryozoans)
Section Lepraliomorpha (an infraorder of bryozoans)
InfraorderAscophora (an infraorder of bryozoans)
SuborderNEOCHEILOSTOMATINA (a suborder of bryozoans)
OrderCHEILOSTOMATIDA (an order of calcified bryozoans)
ClassGYMNOLAEMATA (a class of bryozoans)
PhylumBRYOZOA (bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ryland, J.S., Holt, R., Loxton, J., Jones, M.E.S. & Porter, J.S. 2014 First occurrence of the non-native bryozoan Schizoporella japonica Ortmann (1890) in Western Europe Zootaxa Vol 3780 (3): 481-502.

Schizoporella japonica (a bryozoan) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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