Flustra Linnaeus, 1761

Type species: Flustra foliacea Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Author Type Species
Eschara Linnaeus, 1758 Eschara foliacea Linnaeus, 1758 (type species selection of Eschara has not been defined formally; Lang (1917) )

Flustrina van Beneden 1850 was placed a synonym of Flustra by Bassler (1953); in my opinion it is a synonym of Carbasea.

This genus includes the species:

  1. Flustra anguloavicularis
    		2.  Kluge, 1961 Recent Pacific north WoRMS 469791
  2. Flustra ceranoides
    (Status ?)
    		3.  Lamouroux, 1816 Recent South Pacific - Australia WoRMS 992934
  3. Flustra digitata
    		4.  Packard, 1867 Recent Atlantic northwest WoRMS 469794
  4. Flustra foliacea
    		5. Linnaeus, 1758 Recent Europe WoRMS 111367
  5. Flustra italica
    		6.  Spallanzani, 1801 Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 469796
  6. Flustra? nordenskjoldi
    		7.  Kluge, 1929 Recent Pacific north WoRMS 423375
  7. Flustra pedunculata
    		8.  (Busk, 1884) Recent Atlantic north WoRMS 469795
  8. Flustra ramosa
    		9.  (Jullien, 1888) Recent South Africa WoRMS 992959
  9. Flustra separata
    (Status?)
    		10.  Waters, 1888 Recent Atlantic WoRMS 469793
  10. "Flustra" sexagona
    		11.  Mokrinskiji, 1916 Eocene Russia WoRMS 1403352
Flustra foliacea
Flustra foliacea
(Andrew Grischenko photo

Original description of Flustra foliacea: Eschara foliacea Linnaeus, 1758 PDF of original description.

Flustra foliacea at Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.

Flustra foliacea at the MarLIN - Marine Life Information Network site.

Flustra foliacea at the Marine Life of the Channel Islands site.

Harmer notebook - entry for Eschara

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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 11/04/2014
Modified on 1/6/2020 (Added WoRMS links)
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