Watersipora cucullata is limited to the Mediterranean. Records of this species elsewhere are mainly of the species W.subtorquata. Cellepora subovoidea d’Orbigny, 1852 cannot be identified, and is considered a nomen dubium.
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SEM from Vieira et al, 2014.. |
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SEM from Vieira et al, 2014.. |
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SEM from Reverter-Gil et al, 2019.. |
Original description: Lepralia cucullata Busk, 1854
Locality: Aegean Sea
Lectotype (chosen by Soule & Soule 1975): NHMUK 1854.11.15.189; Paralectotypes: NHMUK 1899.7.1.1398, NHMUK 2012.6.30.1.
From Busk, 1854:
From d'Orbigny, 1852:
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