Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Plagioecia meandrina
briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Stenolaemata
Order
Cyclostomatida
Suborder
Tubuliporina
Family
Plagioeciidae
Genus
Plagioecia
Species
meandrina
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Diaperoecia meandrina Canu & Bassler, 1930 (Banta & Redden; 1990)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos I.: Wolf, San Cristobal, Española, Isabela, Floreana, Gardner and Santa Cruz (Osburn, 1953). California, Guadalupe Island ( off Mexico) and Galapagos Islands of San Cristobal, Española, Isabela, Floreana.(Banta & Redden, 1990)
- 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, Plagioecia meandrina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15274. Accessed 31 October 2026.