Crisularia

Crisularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Bugulidae
Genus:	Crisularia Gray, 1848

Crisularia is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Bugulidae. ^[1]

The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. ^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Crisularia: ^[2]

• Crisularia aperta (Hincks, 1886)
• Crisularia bengalensis (Rao & Ganapati, 1974)
• Crisularia bowiei (Vieira, Winston & Fehlauer-Ale, 2012)
• Crisularia cucullata (Busk, 1867)
• Crisularia cucullifera (Osburn, 1912)
• Crisularia cuspidata (Hastings, 1943)
• Crisularia dispar (Harmer, 1926)
• Crisularia gracilis (Busk, 1858)
• Crisularia grayi (Maturo, 1966)
• Crisularia guara (Vieira, Winston & Fehlauer-Ale, 2012)
• Crisularia harmsworthi (Waters, 1900)
• Crisularia hyadesi (Jullien, 1888)
• Crisularia marcusi (Maturo, 1966)
• Crisularia microoecia (Osburn, 1914)
• Crisularia mollis (Harmer, 1926)
• Crisularia nana (Androsova, 1977)
• Crisularia pacifica (Robertson, 1905)
• Crisularia plumosa (Pallas, 1766)
• Crisularia prenanti (Castric-Fey, 1971)
• Crisularia purpurotincta (Norman, 1868)
• Crisularia rylandi (Maturo, 1966)
• Crisularia serrata (Lamarck, 1816)
• Crisularia turrita (Desor, 1848)

References

1. "Crisularia Gray, 1848". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Crisularia Gray, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-21.