Galapagos Species Database

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

Cigclisula turrita (Smitt, 1873)

briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Gymnolaemata

Order
Cheilostomatida

Suborder
Flustrina

Superfamily
Celleporoidea

Family
Colatooeciidae

Genus
Cigclisula

Species
turrita

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Holoporella turrita (Smitt, 1873), Lepralia turrita Smitt, 1873, Trematooecia turrita (Smitt, 1873) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Indian Ocean, China, Philippines, Florida, Pleistocene of Panama and Galapagos of Isabela (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, Cigclisula turrita", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15345. Accessed 4 November 2026.