Galapagos Species Database

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

Schizoporella unicornis (Johnston, 1844)

Briozoo, briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Gymnolaemata

Order
Cheilostomatida

Suborder
Neocheilostomatina

Superfamily
Schizoporelloidea

Family
Schizoporellidae

Genus
Schizoporella

Species
unicornis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lepralia unicornis Johnston, 1847 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Introduced - not established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1932

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduced status: Historic record only

Ecology

Dispersal propagule: Cascos de barcos

Distribution

Distribution: Brazil, California and Galapagos Island in Santiago (Raymond Carroll Osburn, 1952). Native: Japan. Introduced: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Galapagos Islands, Ireland, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States.

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.
  • Osbourn, R. C. (1952) Bryozoa of the Pacific coast of America. part 2, Cheilostomata-Ascophora Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 14, 1–269

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"Galapagos Species Database, Schizoporella unicornis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15406. Accessed 31 October 2026.