Galapagos Species Database

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

Plagioecia tubiabortiva (Canu & Bassler, 1930)

briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Stenolaemata

Order
Cyclostomatida

Suborder
Tubuliporina

Family
Plagioeciidae

Genus
Plagioecia

Species
tubiabortiva

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Microecia tubiabortiva Canu & Bassler, 1930 (Banta & Redden, 1990)

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Wolf (Osburn, 1953). Ecuador in Galapagos Islands of Española. (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.
  • 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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