Galapagos Species Database

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

Bugulina californica (Robertson, 1905)

Briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Gymnolaemata

Order
Cheilostomatida

Suborder
Neocheilostomatina

Superfamily
Buguloidea

Family
Bugulidae

Genus
Bugulina

Species
californica

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Bugula californica Robertson, 1905 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (B. californica) Brazil, Bristish Columbia, California, Gulf of California and Galápagos Islands of San Cristobal (Banta & Redden, 1990).

References

  • 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, Bugulina californica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19263. Accessed 3 April 2026.