World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS taxon details

Biflustra d'Orbigny, 1852

AphiaID

240919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240919)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Membraniporidae Busk, 1852

Synonymised names

Acanthodesia Canu & Bassler, 1919 · unaccepted

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Species Biflustra arborescens (Canu & Bassler, 1928)
Species Biflustra grandicella (Canu & Bassler, 1929)
Species Biflustra irregulata (Liu, 1991)
Species Biflustra okadai Almeida, Souza & Vieira, 2017
Species Biflustra savartii (Audouin, 1826)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Orbigny, A. d'. (1852). Paléontologie française - Terrains crétacés - Tome 5: Bryozoaires. 5: 249-264.
page(s): 249; note: Orbigny dates the genre date to 1850, but the first detailed description seems to only occur in 1852 in this publication. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Bock, P.; Figuerola, B. (2026). World List of Bryozoa. Biflustra d'Orbigny, 1852. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240919 on 2026-08-08

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Biflustra d'Orbigny, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240919 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-06-04 14:51:29Z

created

Reverter Gil, Oscar

2010-04-26 09:25:30Z

changed

Bock, Phil

2020-02-04 12:23:34Z

changed

Bock, Phil

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original description Orbigny, A. d'. (1852). Paléontologie française - Terrains crétacés - Tome 5: Bryozoaires. 5: 249-264.
page(s): 249; note: Orbigny dates the genre date to 1850, but the first detailed description seems to only occur in 1852 in this publication. [details]

original description (of Acanthodesia Canu & Bassler, 1919) Canu, F.; Bassler, R. S. (1919). Fossil Bryozoa from the West Indies. Publications of the Carnegie Institution, 291: 75-102
page(s): 79 [details]

basis of record Winston J. E. (2005). Re-description and revision of Smitt's "Floridan Bryozoa" in the Collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. <em>Memoire 7, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsvile, Virginia.</em> 150 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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