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Emma buskii (Wyville Thomson, 1858)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Emma buskii (Wyville Thomson, 1858)
Name authority
(Wyville Thomson, 1858)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Cheilostomatida
Family
Candidae
Genus
Emma
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumBryozoa
  4. classGymnolaemata Allman, 1856
  5. orderCheilostomatida Busk, 1852
  6. suborderFlustrina Smitt, 1868
  7. superfamilyBuguloidea Gray, 1848
  8. familyCandidae d'Orbigny, 1851
  9. genusEmma Gray, 1843
  10. speciesEmma buskii (Wyville Thomson, 1858)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Emma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Emma rotunda Hastings, 1939CandidaeBryozoaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emma watersi Hastings, 1939CandidaeBryozoaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 5 records assigned to Candidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=472073 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:39H29. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.