Galapagos Species Database

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Plagioecia patina (Lamarck, 1816)

briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

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

Distribution: British Columbia to Baja Calofornia, Atlantic and Galapagos Islands of Isabela, San cristobal. (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.

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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.