Flustra
Flustra foliacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Cheilostomatida
Family: Flustridae
Genus: Flustra
Linnaeus, 1761
Type species
Flustra foliacea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Escara Pallas, 1766
  • Eschara Linnaeus, 1758

Flustra is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Flustridae.[2] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species

Many formerly included species have been moved to different taxa. The following species are currently recognised:[3]

  • Flustra anguloavicularis Kluge, 1961
  • Flustra digitata Packard, 1867
  • Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Flustra italica Spallanzani, 1801
  • Flustra nordenskjoldi Kluge, 1929
  • Flustra pedunculata (Busk, 1884)
  • Flustra separata Waters, 1888
  • † Flustra sexagona Mokrinskiji, 1916

Additionally, it contains these currently disputed taxa:[3]

  • † Flustra arenosa Ellis & Solander, 1786
  • Flustra bombycina Ellis & Solander, 1786
  • Flustra ceranoides Lamouroux, 1816
  • † Flustra duvaliana Michelin, 1845
  • Flustra horneri (Kirchenpauer, 1869)
  • Flustra ramosa (Jullien, 1888)

References

  1. ↑ "Flustra". WoRMS. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  2. 1 2 "Flustra Linnaeus, 1761". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Flustra". WoRMS. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
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