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Hornwrack

Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The hornwrack (Flustra foliacea) is a species in the family Flustridae, order Cheilostomatida.

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Quick facts about the hornwrack

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the hornwrack live?

Not recorded

Is the hornwrack endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hornwrack classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumBryozoa
  3. classGymnolaemata
  4. orderCheilostomatida
  5. familyFlustridae
  6. genusFlustra
  7. SpeciesFlustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Eschara foliacea

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Broad-leaved horn wrackEnglish
  • Broad-leaved hornwrackEnglish
  • Greater horn wrackEnglish
  • Greater hornwrackEnglish
  • Leafy BryozoaEnglish
  • bredt bladmosdyrDanish
  • Blätter MoostierchenGerman
  • Bryode foliacéFrench
  • bladmosdiertjeDutch
  • Листовидная флюстраRussian
  • Blätter-MoostierchenGerman
  • grösses Blätter-MoostierchenGerman
  • flustre feuillueFrench
  • grande flustreFrench
  • bladachtig hoornwierDutch
  • breedbladig mosdiertjeDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hornwrack

Other species in the same genus Flustra.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the hornwrack?

The hornwrack (Flustra foliacea) belongs to the family Flustridae in the order Cheilostomatida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hornwrack (Flustra foliacea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hornwrack

MLA

“Hornwrack (Flustra foliacea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hornwrack.

BibTeX
@misc{hornwrack_2026,
  title = {Hornwrack (Flustra foliacea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hornwrack},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}