Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Phylactolaemata > Order Plumatellida > Family Plumatellidae > Genus Plumatella

Plumatella repens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plumatella*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tubipora repens*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Plumatella polymorpha*	Kraepelin, 1887	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: creeping bryozoan sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Kriechendes Moostierchen

Literature

basis of record	Bryozoan homepage
additional source	Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 271-297.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Plumatella repens (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:410032

Dr. Emmy Woss. Plumatella repens (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b659e8b3-b997-4d09-af5a-814f20c06fc2