Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Disporella astraea Osburn, 1953

briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Stenolaemata

Order
Cyclostomatida

Suborder
Rectangulata

Family
Lichenoporidae

Genus
Disporella

Species
astraea

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: AHF-129 (Osburn, 1953).

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I: off Post Office Bay-Floreana (Osburn, 1953). Ecuador in Galapagos Islands of Floreana, Isabela (Banta & Redden, 1990)

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.

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