''Filicrisia'' is a genus of
bryozoans
Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic animal, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary Colony (biology), colonies. Typically about long, they have a spe ...
belonging to the family
Crisiidae.
It was first described in 1853 by Alcide d'Orbigny
Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropol ...
,[.] and the type species is ''Filicrisia geniculata''.[
The genus has almost ]cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
*'' Filicrisia allooeciata''
*'' Filicrisia franciscana''
*'' Filicrisia geniculata''
*'' Filicrisia neocomiensis''
*'' Filicrisia smitti''
References
External links
''Filicrisia'' occurrence data & images
from GBIF
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Bryozoan genera
Taxa named by Alcide d'Orbigny
Taxa described in 1853