Type species: Sertularia eburnea Linnaeus, 1758
This genus includes the species:
| Crisia acropora | Busk, 1852 | Recent, Tertiary | Australia |
| Crisia aculeata | Hassall, 1840 | Recent | NE. Atlantic |
| Crisia aculeata bathyalis | Kluge, 1946 | Recent | Arctic |
| Crisia acuminata | Busk, 1886 | Recent | S. Atlantic |
| Crisia acuta | Maplestone, 1908 | Paleogene | SE Australia |
| Crisia admota | Canu & Lecointre, 1933 | Neogene Miocene Pontilevian | France |
| Crisia angusta | Weis, 1988 | Neogene Miocene | Russia |
| Crisia berardi | Pergens, 1892 | Cretaceous Cenomanian | Germany |
| Crisia bifurcata | Brood, 1976 | Recent | W. Indian O. |
| Crisia borgii | Dartevelle, 1937 | Paleogene Eocene | France |
| Crisia boutini | Canu, 1909 | Paleogene Eocene Lutetian | France |
| Crisia bucinaform | Okada, 1928 | Recent | Japan |
| Crisia calyptostoma | Hayward & Ryland, 1978 | Recent | NE Atlantic |
| Crisia carolina | Winston, 2005 | Recent | W Atlantic Carolinas |
| Crisia conferta | Busk, 1875 | Recent | Atlantic |
| Crisia constans | Kluge, 1946 | Recent | Arctic |
| Crisia corbini | Canu, 1909 | Paleogene Eocene Lutetian | France |
| Crisia crassipes | Calvet, 1906 | Recent | Atlantic |
| Crisia cribraria | Stimpson, 1854 | Recent Paleogene? |
NW Atlantic USA |
| Crisia crisidioides | Ortmann, 1890 | Recent | Japan |
| Crisia cuneata | Maplestone, 1905 | Recent | W Pacific, Gibraltar |
| Crisia cylindrica | Busk, 1886 | Recent | S Atlantic |
| Crisia delicatula | Canu & Bassler, 1929 | Recent | Philippines |
| Crisia denticulata | (Lamarck, 1816) | Recent Neogene |
NE Atlantic Europe |
| Crisia denticulata arctica | M.Sars, 1863 | Recent | Arctic |
| Crisia denticulata borgi | Kluge, 1962 | Recent | Arctic |
| Crisia denticulata longiforma | Yang & Lu, 1982 | Neogene Pleistocene | China |
| Crisia destefanii | Neviani, 1891 | Neogene Pleistocene | Italy |
| Crisia eburnea | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Recent | Atlantic |
| Crisia eburnea harmelini | d'Hondt, 1988 | Recent | Atlantic Spain |
| Crisia eburneodenticulata | Smitt ms in Busk, 1875 | Recent | Arctic |
| Crisia elegans | Lamouroux, 1821 | Recent | South Africa |
| Crisia elliptica | Hejjas, 1894 | Neogene Miocene | Romania |
| Crisia elongata | Milne Edwards, 1838 | Recent Paleogene, Neogene? |
Widespread? Europe |
| Crisia elongata angustata | Waters, 1879 | Recent | Mediterranean |
| Crisia ficulnea | Buge, 1979 | Recent | W Atlantic |
| Crisia fistulosa | (Heller, 1867) | Recent | Mediterranean, Atlantic |
| Crisia fragosa | Ramalho, Muricy & Taylor, 2009 | Recent | Brazil |
| Crisia globosa | Mawatari & Mawatari, 1973 | Recent | Japan |
| Crisia gracilis (Homonym) |
MacGillivray, 1895 | Neogene Miocene | SE Australia |
| Crisia grandis | Weis, 1988 | Neogene Miocene | Russia |
| Crisia grimaldi | Calvet, 1911 | Recent | Atlantic |
| Crisia hamifera | Levinsen, 1912 | Recent | N Pacific |
| Crisia haueri | Reuss, 1848 | Paleogene-Neogene | Europe |
| Crisia hoernesii | Reuss, 1848 | Paleogene-Neogene | Europe |
| Crisia hoernesii aperta | Canu & Lecointre, 1933 | Neogene Miocene Pontilevian | France |
| Crisia holdsworthii | Busk, 1875 | Recent | Indian O. Ceylon |
| Crisia howensis | Maplestone, 1905 | Recent | SW. Pacific |
| Crisia incurva | Haswell, 1880 | Recent | Australia |
| Crisia inflata | Waters, 1914 | Recent | N Pacific |
| Crisia irregularis | Borg, 1944 | Recent | Antarctic? |
| Crisia kerguelensis | Busk, 1876 | Recent | S. Indian O. |
| Crisia klugei | Ryland, 1967 | Recent | N Atlantic |
| Crisia kuehni | Bobies, 1958 | Neogene Miocene Tortonian | Austria |
| Crisia lateralis | Canu & Lecointre, 1933 | Neogene Miocene Pontilevian-Savignian | France |
| Crisia lecointrei | Bobies, 1958 | Neogene Miocene Serravallian | Austria, Germany |
| Crisia limata | Ponomareva, 1977 | Neogene Miocene | Ukraine |
| Crisia lowei | Canu & Bassler, 1920 | Paleogene Eocene Priabonian | USA Mississippi |
| Crisia macilenta | Ponomareva, 1977 | Neogene Miocene | Ukraine |
| Crisia macrostoma | MacGillivray, 1895 | Neogene Miocene | SE Australia |
| Crisia martinicensis | (d'Orbigny, 1853) | Recent | Caribbean |
| Crisia maxima | Robertson, 1910 | Recent | E Pacific California |
| Crisia megalostoma | Bobies, 1958 | Neogene Miocene Tortonian-Burdigalian | Austria, Germany, France |
| Crisia micra | Marcus, 1955 | Recent | Brazil |
| Crisia mirabilis | Weis, 1988 | Neogene Miocene | Russia |
| Crisia morozovae | Ponomareva, 1978 | Neogene Miocene | Ukraine |
| Crisia nordenskjoldi | Borg, 1944 | Recent | Antarctic |
| Crisia? nozeroyensis | Voigt & Walter, 1991 | Cretaceous Valanginian-Hauterivian | France |
| Crisia obliqua | Mawatari & Mawatari, 1973 | Recent | Japan |
| Crisia occidentalis | Trask, 1857 | Recent | NE Pacific California |
| Crisia operculata | Robertson, 1910 | Recent | NE Pacific California |
| Crisia oranensis | (Waters, 1916) | Recent | Mediterranean Algeria |
| Crisia parvinternodata | Moyano, 1983 | Recent | Chile |
| Crisia patagonica | d'Orbigny, 1841 | Recent | SW Atlantic Argentina |
| Crisia plauensis | Pergens, 1892 | Cretaceous Cenomanian | Germany |
| Crisia procera | Ponomareva, 1978 | Neogene Miocene | Ukraine |
| Crisia pseudosolena | (Marcus, 1937) | Recent | Brazil |
| Crisia pugeti | Robertson, 1910 | Recent | NW Pacific |
| Crisia pulchella | Canu, 1909 | Paleogene Eocene Lutetian | France |
| Crisia pyrula | Harmelin, 1990 | Recent | NE Atlantic |
| Crisia ramosa | Harmer, 1891 | Recent | NE Atlantic, Mediterranean |
| Crisia recurva | Heller, 1867 | Recent | Mediterranean |
| Crisia rugosa | Ponomareva, 1977 | Neogene Miocene | Ukraine |
| Crisia scalaris | MacGillivray, 1895 | Neogene Miocene Recent? |
SE Australia |
| Crisia schmitzi | Pergens, 1892 | Cretaceous Cenomanian | Germany |
| Crisia serrata | d'Orbigny, 1853 | Neogene Miocene | France |
| Crisia serrata huanghaiensis | Yang & Lu, 1982 | Neogene Pleistocene | China |
| Crisia serrulata | Osburn, 1953 | Recent Neogene Pleistocene |
NE Pacific USA California |
| Crisia sertularoides | (Audouin, 1826) | Recent | Red Sea |
| Crisia setosa | MacGillivray, 1869 | Recent, Miocene | Australia |
| Crisia sigmoidea | Waters, 1916 | Recent | Mediterranean |
| Crisia sinclarensis | Busk, 1875 | Recent | SW Atlantic Argentina |
| Crisia strangulata | Buge, 1956 | Cenozoic Oligocene-Pliocene | France |
| Crisia striatula | Canu & Lecointre, 1933 | Neogene Miocene Pontilevian | France |
| Crisia subaequalis | Reuss, 1869 | Paleogene Eocene Priabonian | Italy |
| Crisia taiwanica | Hu, 1987 | Neogene Pliocene | Taiwan |
| Crisia tenella | Calvet, 1906 | Recent | Atlantic |
| Crisia tenella longinodata | Rosso, 1998 | Neogene Pleistocene | Italy |
| Crisia tenera | Okada, 1928 | Recent | Japan |
| Crisia tenuis | MacGillivray, 1879 | Recent | Australia |
| Crisia transversata | Brood, 1976 | Recent | W Indian O. |
| Crisia tubulosa | Busk, 1875 | Recent | Atlantic |
| Crisia vincentensis | Waters, 1918 | Recent | Atlantic Madeira |
| Crisia zanzibarensis | Brood, 1976 | Recent | W Indian O. |
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| Crisia acropora | Crisia cuneata | Crisia tenuis |
This information is based upon various sources, but no personal knowledge. I am indebted to the late Alan Horowitz for his compilation, and to Dr. J. Pachut.
I would be grateful for corrections to, or critical reviews of this information. This is not a 'final' version (an impossible ideal), but a working document.
Crisia denticulata
at Habitas Online, Ulster Museum.
Crisia eburnea
at Habitas Online, Ulster Museum.
Crisia occidentalis - from San Francisco, at the California Academy of Sciences.
Crisia eburnea - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.
Crisia elongata - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.