Watersipora Neviani, 1896

Type species: Lepralia cucullata Busk, 1854

Synonyms Author Type Species
Dakaria Jullien in Jullien & Calvet, 1903 Dakaria chevreuxi Jullien, 1903 = Cellepora subtorquata d'Orbigny, 1852
Pachycleithonia Canu & Bassler, 1930 Pachycleithonia nigra Canu & Bassler, 1930

This genus includes the species:

  1. Watersipora arcuata
    		2. Banta, 1969 Recent Pacific WoRMS 395087
  2. Watersipora aterrima
    		3. (Ortmann, 1890) Recent Japan WoRMS 111588
  3. Watersipora atrofusca
    		4.  (Busk, 1856) Recent Northeast Pacific WoRMS 816020
  4. Watersipora bidentata
    		5.  (Ortmann, 1890) Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan WoRMS 816022
  5. Watersipora cucullata
    		6.  (Busk, 1854) Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 111590
  6. Watersipora? erecta
    		7.  Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Florida WoRMS 1409721
  7. Watersipora? faragii
    		8.  (Abbas & El-Senoussi, 1979) Neogene Miocene Egypt WoRMS 1414370
  8. Watersipora grandis
    		9. (Canu & Bassler, 1923) Tertiary SE USA WoRMS 1414371
  9. Watersipora? hanzawae
    		10.  (Kataoka, 1961) Pleistocene Japan WoRMS 1414372
  10. Watersipora mawatarii
    		11.  Vieira, Spencer Jones & Taylor, 2014 Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan Hokkaido WoRMS 816023
  11. Watersipora nigra
    		12.  (Canu & Bassler, 1930) Recent East Pacific Galapagos WoRMS 816019
  12. Watersipora platypora
    		13. Seo, 1999. Recent Korea WoRMS 470621
  13. Watersipora souleorum
    		14.  Vieira, Spencer Jones & Taylor, 2014 Recent Atlantic also Pacific, Mediterranean WoRMS 816024
  14. Watersipora subatra
    		15.  (Ortmann, 1890) Recent Widespread WoRMS 816025
  15. Watersipora subtorquata
    		16. (d'Orbigny, 1852) Recent Widespread WoRMS 111592
  16. Watersipora typica
    		17.  (Okada & Mawatari, 1937) Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan WoRMS 816027
  17. Watersipora? watersi
    		18. de Stefani, 1884 Cenozoic Italy WoRMS 1409722

22 other Recent and fossil species, assigned to Dakaria, have not been revised, and may belong to Watersipora. See table below.
A major revision of Recent species by Vieira, Spencer Jones & Taylor (2014), has elucidated many of the species in the genus, added two new species,
referred Pachycleithonia nigra to Watersipora, and has placed W. edmondsoni and W. subovoidea into synonymy.

Watersipora arcuata Watersipora aterrima Watersipora atrofusca Watersipora cucullata
Watersipora arcuata Watersipora aterrima Watersipora atrofusca Watersipora cucullata
Watersipora mawatarii Watersipora nigra Watersipora platypora Watersipora souleorum
Watersipora mawatarii
 Watersipora nigra
(Thanks to Dennis Gordon & Paul Taylor)		 Watersipora platypora Watersipora souleorum
Watersipora subatra Watersipora subtorquata
Watersipora subatra Watersipora subtorquata

Note: the links below may predate the major revision of Watersipora by Vieira, Spencer Jones, & Taylor (2014), so that specific names may be misleading.

Watersipora arcuata at NEMESIS (National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System)
Watersipora n.sp. at NEMESIS (National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System)
Watersipora subtorquata complex at NEMESIS (National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System)

Watersipora page at NMITA

Watersipora subtorquata - at "Guide to the Exotic Species of San Francisco Bay".

Watersipora subtorquata - at "Global Invasive Species Database".

Watersipora subovoidea - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.

Watersipora subtorquata - from the California Biota Website.

Watersipora grandis - at Natural History Museum, London..

Harmer notebook - entry for Dakaria
Harmer notebook - entry for Watersipora

    Dakaria species:

  1. Dakaria arbuscula
    		2. Canu & Lecointre, 1928 Neogene Miocene France, Sardinia WoRMS 1544124
  2. Dakaria bituberculata
    		3. Canu & Lecointre, 1928 Neogene Miocene France, Sardinia WoRMS 1544125
  3. Dakaria brevis
    		4. Canu & Bassler, 1920 Eocene Priabonian USA North Carolina WoRMS 1505779
  4. Dakaria chevreuxi
    		5. Jullien, 1903 Recent Atlantic southeast WoRMS 558716
  5. Dakaria coarctata
    		6. Androsova, 1958 Recent North Pacific WoRMS 472610
  6. Dakaria couffoni
    		7. Buge, 1957 Pliocene Redonian France WoRMS 1544126
  7. Dakaria crassilabra
    		8. El Hajjaji, 1987 Miocene Messinian North Africa WoRMS 1544127
  8. Dakaria crassocirca
    		9. Canu & Bassler, 1935 Miocene Langhian Australia Victoria WoRMS 1452894
  9. Dakaria dawsoni
    		10. (Hincks, 1883) Recent West Pacific Canada WoRMS 472614
  10. Dakaria elongata
    		11. Canu & Lecointre, 1928 Miocene France WoRMS 1544128
  11. Dakaria gigantea
    		12. Canu & Lecointre, 1928 Miocene France WoRMS 1544129
  12. Dakaria girondica
    		13. Duvergier, 1921 Miocene France WoRMS 1544130
  13. Dakaria goniostoma
    		14. (Reuss, 1848) Miocene Europe, North Africa WoRMS 1544131
  14. Dakaria granulata
    		15. Canu & Bassler, 1929 Recent Philippines WoRMS 472612
  15. Dakaria incisa
    		16. (Milne Edwards, 1836) Neogene France, England, Netherlands WoRMS 1544132
  16. Dakaria laxata
    		17. Canu & Bassler, 1920 Eocene Priabonian USA Georgia WoRMS 1505780
  17. Dakaria michelini
    		18. Canu & Lecointre, 1928 Miocene France WoRMS 1544133
  18. Dakaria parviporosa
    		19. Canu & Bassler, 1923 Pleistocene USA South Carolina WoRMS 1544134
  19. Dakaria pristina
    		20. (Hincks, 1883) Recent East Pacific Canada WoRMS 472615
  20. Dakaria rhomboides
    		21. Saulea-Bocec, 1943 Miocene Moldova? WoRMS 1544135
  21. Dakaria subsquammoidea
    		22. (Koschinsky, 1885) Eocene Germany WoRMS 1544136
  22. Dakaria vicariata
    		23. Liu & Hu, 1991 Recent Antarctica WoRMS 472609
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