Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Crisia serrulata
briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Stenolaemata
Order
Cyclostomatida
Suborder
Articulina
Family
Crisiidae
Genus
Crisia
Species
serrulata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Distribution: Isabela, San Cristobal, Floreana and Corona del Daiblo (Floreana (Osburn, 1953). British Columbia, California and the Galapagos Islands of Isabela, Floreana, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz and Corona del Diablo Islote (Banta & Redden, 1990). Hawaiian and Japanese part of the North Pacific Ocean (Horton et al., 2021).
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Banta, W.C. Redden, J.C. (1990) A Checklist of the Bryozoa of the Galapagos. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 103(4), 789–802.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Osburn, R.C. (1953) Bryozoa of the Pacific coast of America. Part III. Cyclostomata, Ctenostomata, Entoprocta and Addenada. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 14(3): 613-841.
- Rius, M. Ahyong, S., Costello, M. J., Galil, B. S., Gollasch, S., Hutchings, P., Katsanevakis, S., Lejeusne, C., Marchini, A., Occhipinti, A., Pagad, S., Poore, G. C. B, Robinson, T. B., Sterrer, W., Turon, X., Willan, R. C., Zhan, A. (2021) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/introduced. doi:10.14284/347
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"Galapagos Species Database, Crisia serrulata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15261. Accessed 4 November 2026.