Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Schizoporella unicornis
Briozoo, briozoo, Bryozoan
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
Year of first record: 1932
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduced status: Historic record only
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.
- 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.