Biflustra d’Orbigny, 1852

Louis, Soja, 2009, Biflustra perambulata n. sp. (Cheilostomata: Bryozoa), a new alien species from Cochin Harbour, Kerala, India, Zootaxa 2066, pp. 59-68 : 61

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.186996
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6220830
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scientific name	Biflustra d’Orbigny, 1852
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Genus Biflustra d’Orbigny, 1852 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Colony initially encrusting, sheet-like, tending to produce erect bilamellar or unilamellar frondose or vincularian lobes. Zooids rectangular with a variably developed granular cryptocyst, with or without denticles, and lacking spine-like tubercles at the corners of the zooids. Skeleton calcitic, ultrastructure laminar with tablets flattened parallel to wall surfaces ( Taylor & Monks 1997).