Galapagos Species Database
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Microporella galapagensis
Briozoo, Bryozoan
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Cheilostomatida
Suborder
Flustrina
Superfamily
Schizoporelloidea
Family
Microporellidae
Genus
Microporella
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Microporelloides galapagensis Soule, Chaney & Morris, 2003 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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.
- Soule, D.F. Chaney, H.W. & Morris, P.A. (2003) New taxa of Microporellidae in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Irene McCulloch Foundation monograph series, 1067-8174, no. 6. Hancock Institute for Marine Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 38 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Microporella galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20129. Accessed 5 November 2026.