{{Short description|Genus of bryozoans}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Flustra foliacea.jpg | image_caption = ''Flustra foliacea'' | taxon = Flustra | authority = Linnaeus, 1761 | type_species = ''Flustra foliacea'' | type_species_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = *''Escara'' <small>Pallas, 1766</small> *''Eschara'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Flustra|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110911|access-date=2021-08-23|website=WoRMS}}</ref> }}
'''''Flustra''''' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Flustridae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Flustra Linnaeus, 1761 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1006257 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=11 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name="GBIF" />
==Species== Many formerly included species have been moved to different taxa. The following species are currently recognised:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Flustra|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110911|access-date=2021-08-23|website=WoRMS}}</ref>
*''Flustra anguloavicularis'' {{small|Kluge, 1961}} *''Flustra digitata'' <small>Packard, 1867</small> *''Flustra foliacea'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} *''Flustra italica'' <small>Spallanzani, 1801</small> *''Flustra nordenskjoldi'' <small>Kluge, 1929</small> *''Flustra pedunculata'' <small>(Busk, 1884)</small> *''Flustra separata'' <small>Waters, 1888</small> * †''Flustra sexagona'' <small>Mokrinskiji, 1916</small>
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Category:Cheilostomatida Category:Bryozoa genera