# Flustra

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{{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 [bryozoan](/source/bryozoan)s belonging to the family [Flustridae](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Flustra_anguloavicularis)'' {{small|Kluge, 1961}}
*''[Flustra digitata](/source/Flustra_digitata)'' <small>Packard, 1867</small>
*''[Flustra foliacea](/source/Flustra_foliacea)'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}
*''[Flustra italica](/source/Flustra_italica)'' <small>Spallanzani, 1801</small>
*''[Flustra nordenskjoldi](/source/Flustra_nordenskjoldi)'' <small>Kluge, 1929</small>
*''[Flustra pedunculata](/source/Flustra_pedunculata)'' <small>(Busk, 1884)</small>
*''[Flustra separata](/source/Flustra_separata)'' <small>Waters, 1888</small>
* †''[Flustra sexagona](/source/Flustra_sexagona)'' <small>Mokrinskiji, 1916</small>

==References==
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Category:Cheilostomatida
Category:Bryozoa genera

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