Galapagos Species Database

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Cribrilaria radiata (Moll, 1803)

Briozoo, Bryozoan

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Gymnolaemata

Order
Cheilostomatida

Suborder
Flustrina

Superfamily
Cribrilinoidea

Family
Cribrilinidae

Genus
Cribrilaria

Species
radiata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Colletosia radiata Moll, 1803, Cribrilina radiata, Eschara radiata Moll, 1803, Lepralia geniculata Wood, 1844, Puellina radiata (Moll, 1803) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (P. radiata) British Columbia, Peru, Cocos Island, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, North Caroplina, Brazil and Galápagos Islands of in Floreana, Santa Cruz (Osbourn, 1950; 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.
  • Osbourn, R. C. (1950) Bryozoa of the Pacific Coast of America. Part 1, Cheilostomata-Anasca. Osbourn, R. C. (1950). Bryozoa of the Pacific Coast of America. Part 1, Cheilostomata-Anasca. In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. (1st ed., pp. 1–29).

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