Flustridae

Flustridae
Colony of Flustra foliacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Suborder:	Flustrina
Superfamily:	Flustroidea Fleming, 1828
Family:	Flustridae Fleming, 1828
Synonyms
Hincksinidae Canu & Bassler, 1925

Flustridae is a family of bryozoans in the suborder Flustrina. ^[1]

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Flustridae: ^[2]

• Carbasea Gray, 1848
• Chartella Gray, 1848
• Cribralaria Silén, 1941
• Flustra Linnaeus, 1761
• Gontarella Grischenko, Taylor & Mawatari, 2002
• Gregarinidra Barroso, 1949
• Hincksina Norman, 1903
• Hincksinoflustra Bobin & Prenant, 1961
• Isosecuriflustra Liu & Hu, 1991
• Kenella Levinsen, 1909
• Nematoflustra Moyano, 1972
• Retiflustra Levinsen, 1909
• Sarsiflustra Jullien, 1903
• Securiflustra Silén, 1941
• Serratiflustra Moyano, 1972
• Spiralaria Busk, 1861
• Terminoflustra Silén, 1941

References

1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Volume 46. J. and A. Churchill. 1903. p. 337. Nearly all the remaining species belong to the groups designated as Flustridae, Onychocellidae, Opesiulidae, and Costulidae. The Flustridae correspond with the Flustrina of other authors.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Flustridae Fleming, 1828". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-20.

External links

• Data related to Flustridae at Wikispecies
• Media related to Flustridae at Wikimedia Commons