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Hyalinella punctata

Status not recordedother invertebrates

Hyalinella punctata is a species in the family Plumatellidae, order Plumatellida.

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Quick facts about Hyalinella punctata

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 Hyalinella punctata live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Hyalinella punctata as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Argentina

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Hyalinella punctata 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 Hyalinella punctata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumBryozoa
  3. classPhylactolaemata
  4. orderPlumatellida
  5. familyPlumatellidae
  6. genusHyalinella
  7. SpeciesHyalinella punctata (Hancock, 1850)

Synonyms Plumatella lophopoidea, Plumatella punctata, Plumatella vesicularis, Plumatella vitraea

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • mechovka tečkovanáCzech
  • Hyalinelle tachetéeFrench
  • ヤワハネコケムシJapanese
  • 점유리이끼벌레Korean
  • hyalinmosdyrNorwegian Bokmål

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Relatives of Hyalinella punctata

Other species in the same genus Hyalinella.

CompareHyalinella punctata vs Hyalinella lendenfeldi

Common questions

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Is Hyalinella punctata an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Hyalinella punctata as introduced in 1 country: Argentina, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Hyalinella punctata?

Hyalinella punctata (Hyalinella punctata) belongs to the family Plumatellidae in the order Plumatellida.

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). Hyalinella punctata (Hyalinella punctata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hyalinella-punctata

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BibTeX
@misc{hyalinella_punctata_2026,
  title = {Hyalinella punctata (Hyalinella punctata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hyalinella-punctata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}