Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Biflustra tenuis
Briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Cheilostomatida
Suborder
Membraniporina
Superfamily
Membraniporoidea
Family
Membraniporidae
Genus
Biflustra
Species
tenuis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Membranipora tenuis Desor, 1848 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: (M. tenuis) Cape Cod to Brazil, Baja California, Panama, Peru, Gulf of California and Galapagos Islands in Isabela (Banta & Redden, 1990).
- 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, Biflustra tenuis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19268. Accessed 31 October 2026.