Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Sea Mat, Hornwrack)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFlustra foliacea (Sea Mat, Hornwrack)
GenusFlustra (a genus of sea mats)
FamilyFLUSTRIDAE (sea mats)
SuperfamilyFLUSTROIDEA (a superfamily of bryozoans)
InfraorderFlustrina (an infraorder of bryozoans)
SuborderNEOCHEILOSTOMATINA (a suborder of bryozoans)
OrderCHEILOSTOMATIDA (an order of calcified bryozoans)
ClassGYMNOLAEMATA (a class of bryozoans)
PhylumBRYOZOA (bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Flustra foliacea (Sea Mat, Hornwrack) :
1: Flustra foliacea (Sea Mat, Hornwrack)
25 Apr 2008 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
washed up on beach after storm
Image 1: Colony - pale backgroundImage 2: Colony - pale background (2)Image 3: Colony - pale background (3)Image 4: Frond - dark backgroundImage 5: Frond - dark background (2)Image 6: Frond tip - close-up - dark backgroundImage 7: Frond - white backgroundImage 8: Frond - white background (2)Image 9: Frond surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 10: Frond surface - close-up - magnified (2)Image 11: Frond surface - close-up - magnified (3)Image 12: Frond tip - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Frond tip - close-up - enlarged (2)

Flustra foliacea (Sea Mat, Hornwrack) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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