Galapagos Species Database

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Crisia serrulata Osburn, 1953

briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Stenolaemata

Order
Cyclostomatida

Suborder
Articulina

Family
Crisiidae

Genus
Crisia

Species
serrulata

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Introduction

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

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).

References

  • 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.