Adeona
Encyclopedia
- "Adenoa" of C.S. Rafinesque-SchmaltzConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-SchmaltzConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe, was a nineteenth-century polymath who made notable contributions to botany, zoology, the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America and Mesoamerican ancient linguistics.Rafinesque was eccentric, and is often portrayed as an...
is a nomen nudumNomen nudumThe phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...
for Galleria, the genus of the Greater Wax Moth.
Adeona is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of bryozoan in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Adeonidae
Adeonidae
The Adeonidae is a family within the bryozoan order Cheilostomata. Colonies are often upright bilaminar branches or sheets, perforated by large holes in some species . The zooids generally have one or more adventitious avicularia on their frontal wall...
. A typical example is the Australian species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
Adeona cellulosa that forms large colonies with bifoliate sheets containing numerous holes (fenestrae).
Selected species
- Adeona albida
- Adeona appendiculata
- Adeona arborescens
- Adeona articulata
- Adeona bipartita
- Adeona cellulosa
- Adeona costata
- Adeona didymopora
- Adeona foliifera
- Adeona grisea
- Adeona intermedia
- Adeona macrothyris
- Adeona nipponica
- Adeona wilsoni