Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Plagioecia patina
briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Stenolaemata
Order
Cyclostomatida
Suborder
Tubuliporina
Family
Plagioeciidae
Genus
Plagioecia
Species
patina
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Berenicea patina (Lamarck, 1816) (subsequent combination), Diastopora patina (Lamarck, 1816), Tubulipora patina Lamarck, 1816 (basionym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: British Columbia to Baja Calofornia, Atlantic and Galapagos Islands of Isabela, San cristobal. (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.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Plagioecia patina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15275. Accessed 4 November 2026.