Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Membraniporina > Superfamily Membraniporoidea > Family Membraniporidae > Genus Biflustra

Biflustra arborescens (Canu & Bassler, 1928)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Acanthodesia Canu & Bassler, 1919

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Biflustra*	d'Orbigny, 1852	accepted genus name
*Acanthodesia*	Canu & Bassler, 1919	synonym

Species group names

*Membranipora arborescens*	(Canu & Bassler, 1928)	synonym

Literature

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. Memoire 7, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsvile, Virginia. 150 pp.
additional source	Winston, J. E. and F. J. Maturo Jr. 2009. Bryozoans (Ectoprocta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1147–1164 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Biflustra arborescens (Canu & Bassler, 1928). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240920