Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bryopesanser pesanseris
briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Cheilostomatida
Suborder
Flustrina
Superfamily
Schizoporelloidea
Family
Escharinidae
Genus
Bryopesanser
Species
pesanseris
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Escharina pesanseris (Smitt, 1873), Hippothoa pesanseris Smitt, 1873 (Horton et al., 2021) .
Origin: Native
Distribution: (E. pesanseris) Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Gulf of California, Panama, Colombia and Galapagos Islands in Daphne Major, Isabela (Banta & Redden, 1990).
- 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.) (2013) 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, Bryopesanser pesanseris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17965. Accessed 3 November 2026.