Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Smittoidea pacifica
briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Cheilostomatida
Suborder
Flustrina
Superfamily
Smittinoidea
Family
Smittinidae
Genus
Smittoidea
Species
pacifica
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Hawaii and Galapagos Island of Wenman, Isabela, San Cristobal, Duncan, Santiago, Floreana (Banta & Redden, 1990). Galapagos Island in Wolf, Isabela, San Cristobal, Duncan, Santiago, Floreana (Cauquoin, 1968)
- 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, Smittoidea pacifica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15411. Accessed 31 October 2026.