species: Bergia puertoricense in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Lizard Island area: all known taxa > Animalia > Cnidaria > Anthozoa > Hexacorallia > Zoantharia > Parazoanthidae > Bergia > Bergia puertoricense

Bergia puertoricense

show or add records

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Nemertea

Class Hoplonemertea

Order Polystilifera

Family Drepanophoridae

Genus Bergia

Species Bergia puertoricense

Show in taxonomy

Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

Small polyps that live on or in sponges.

The record of this species at Lizard Island is based on specimens in the Museum of Tropical Queensland collected and identified as Parazoanthus puertoricense by James Reimer (included in a list provided by Paul Muir of MTQ in Feb 2020).

Size

Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Web resources

References

Montenegro, M.E.Y. Low and J.D. Reimer, J. (2015). The resurrection of the genus Bergia (Anthozoa, Zoantharia, Parazoanthidae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 2015: 1-11. LIRS catalog number 90203.