Escharella takatukii (Okada, 1929)
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
- Escharella takatukii (Okada, 1929)
- Name authority
- (Okada, 1929)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Bryozoa
- Class
- Gymnolaemata
- Order
- Cheilostomatida
- Family
- Escharellidae
- Genus
- Escharella
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumBryozoa
- classGymnolaemata Allman, 1856
- orderCheilostomatida Busk, 1852
- suborderFlustrina Smitt, 1868
- superfamilyLepralielloidea Vigneaux, 1949
- familyEscharellidae Levinsen, 1909
- genusEscharella Gray, 1848
- speciesEscharella takatukii (Okada, 1929)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Escharella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Escharella abyssicola (Norman, 1869) | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella anatirostris (O'Donoghue, 1924) | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella ashapurae Guha & Gopikrishna, 2007 | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella bensoni (Brown, 1954) | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella crozetensis (Waters, 1904) | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Escharella cryptooecium Souto, Fernández-Pulpeiro & Reverter-Gil, 2007 | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella dijmphnae (Kluge, 1929) | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella discors Hayward & Cook, 1983 | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella fusca (O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1926) | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella immersa (Fleming, 1828) | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella incudifera Gordon, 1984 | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Escharella indivisa Levinsen, 1916 | EscharellidaeBryozoa | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=470315 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:3BGNC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.