North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Flustra Linnaeus, 1761

Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

110911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110911)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Flustridae Fleming, 1828

Direct children (3)

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Species Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Flustra borealis (Packard, 1863) accepted as Bugula borealis (Packard, 1863) accepted as Bugulina borealis (Packard, 1863)
Species Flustra carbasea Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Carbasea carbasea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (basionym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden. 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Flustra Linnaeus, 1761. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110911 on 2026-05-21

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Flustra Linnaeus, 1761. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=110911 on 2026-05-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hayward, Peter

2014-04-09 11:23:45Z

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Bock, Phil

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden. 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details]

basis of record Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors