BIOTIC Species Information for Flustra foliacea
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| Researched by | Lizzie Tyler | Data supplied by | University of Sheffield |
| Refereed by | This information is not refereed. | ||
| Taxonomy | |||
| Scientific name | Flustra foliacea | Common name | Hornwrack |
| MCS Code | Y187 | Recent Synonyms | None |
| Phylum | Bryozoa | Subphylum | |
| Superclass | Class | Gymnolaemata | |
| Subclass | Order | Cheilostomatida | |
| Suborder | Neocheilostomatina | Family | Flustridae |
| Genus | Flustra | Species | foliacea |
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| Additional Information | Flustra foliacea forms only a flat incrustation during its first year of growth, erect growth occurs in subsequent years. Fronds can often be encrusted by other bryozoans, hydroids and sedentary polychaetes. | ||
| Taxonomy References | Hayward & Ryland, 1995b, Hayward et al., 1996, Fish & Fish, 1996, Hayward & Ryland, 1998, Ryland, 1970, Ryland, 1967, | ||
