Galapagos Species Database

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

Crepidacantha setigera (Smitt, 1873)

briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Gymnolaemata

Order
Cheilostomatida

Suborder
Flustrina

Superfamily
Schizoporelloidea

Family
Crepidacanthidae

Genus
Crepidacantha

Species
setigera

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Florida, Cocos Island and Galapagos Islands of in 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Crepidacantha setigera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15354. Accessed 4 June 2026.