Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Disporella ovoidea
briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Stenolaemata
Order
Cyclostomatida
Suborder
Rectangulata
Family
Lichenoporidae
Genus
Disporella
Species
ovoidea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Lichenopora radiata (Audouin, 1826) (Banta & Redden, 1990)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos I: Tagus Cove, Santa Cruz (Osburn, 1953). California, Colombia and Galapagos Islands of Isabela, Española (Banta & Redden, 1990). South Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico (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.
- Canu, F. Bassler, R.S. (1930) The Bryozoan Fauna of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 76(13): 1-78.
- 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Disporella ovoidea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15266. Accessed 31 October 2026.