Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Platonea expansa
briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Stenolaemata
Order
Cyclostomatida
Suborder
Tubuliporina
Family
Tubuliporidae
Genus
Platonea
Species
expansa
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: AHF-120; Type locality: Albemarle (Isabela) Island, 0°55'S, 90°30'W at 58 fms (Osburn, 1953).
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Española and Gardner Islands (Osburn, 1953). Ecuador in Galapagos Islands of Isabela, Gardner por Española (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.
- 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, Platonea expansa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15280. Accessed 31 October 2026.