Galapagos Species Database

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Klugerella aragoi (Audouin, 1826)

Briozoo, Bryozoa

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Bryozoa

Class
Gymnolaemata

Order
Cheilostomatida

Suborder
Flustrina

Superfamily
Cribrilinoidea

Family
Cribrilinidae

Genus
Klugerella

Species
aragoi

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Flustra aragoi Audouin, 1826, Membraniporella aragoi (Audouin, 1826) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (M. aragoi var. pacifica) California and Galapagos Islands in Wolf, Isabela I (Osbourn, 1950).

References

  • 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Klugerella aragoi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19859. Accessed 1 November 2026.