APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Buguloidea (Superfamily) > Beaniidae (Family)
Beania
Beania mirabilis Johnston, 1840 - A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Buguloidea (Superfamily) > Bugulidae (Family)
Bicellariella
Bicellariella ciliata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Bugula
Bugula neritina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ruby bryozoan
(invasive non-native species)
Bugulina
Bugulina flabellata (Thompson, in Gray, 1848)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Bugulina fulva (Ryland, 1960)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Bugulina simplex (Hincks, 1886) - A cheilostome bryozoan
Bugulina stolonifera (Ryland, 1960)
- A cheilostome bryozoan (non-native species)
Bugulina turbinata (Alder, 1857) - A cheilostome bryozoan
Bugulina species ? - A cheilostome bryozoan
Crisularia
Crisularia plumosa (Pallas, 1766)
syn. Bugula plumosa (Pallas, 1766)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Buguloidea (Superfamily) > Candidae (Family)
Caberea
Caberea boryi (Audouin, 1826) - A cheilostome bryozoan
Cradoscrupocellaria
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Creeping coralline
Scrupocellaria
Scrupocellaria scrupea Busk, 1852
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Tricellaria
Tricellaria inopinata d'Hondt & Occhipinti Ambrogi, 1985
- Tufty-buff bryozoan (non-native species)
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Calloporoidea (Superfamily) > Antroporidae (Family)
Akatopora
Akatopora tincta (Winston and Vieira 2013)
- A cheilostome bryozoan (non-native NW Atlantic)
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Calloporoidea (Superfamily) > Calloporidae (Family)
Amphiblestrum
Amphiblestrum flemingii (Busk, 1854)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Callopora
Callopora lineata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Callopora rylandi Bobin & Prenant, 1965
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cauloramphus
Cauloramphus spiniferum (Johnston, 1832)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Parellisina
Parellisina curvirostris (Hincks, 1862)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Cellarioidea (Superfamily) > Cellariidae (Family)
Cellaria
Cellaria fistulosa (Linnaeus, 1758) ?
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cellaria salicornioides Lamouroux, 1816
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cellaria sinuosa (Hassall, 1840)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Celleporoidea (Superfamily) > Celleporidae (Family)
Cellepora
Cellepora pumicosa (Pallas, 1766)
- Pumice stone coralline
Omalosecosa
Omalosecosa ramulosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Monkey puzzle bryozoan
Turbicellepora
Turbicellepora avicularis (Hincks, 1860)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata (Barroso, 1919)
- Orange peel bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Cribrilinoidea (Superfamily) > Cribrilinidae (Family)
Cribrilaria
Cribrilaria radiata (Moll, 1803) ?
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Figularia
Figularia figularis (Johnston, 1847) ?
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Flustroidea (Superfamily) > Flustridae (Family)
Flustra
Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Greater horn wrack, Hornwrack or Broad-leaved sea mat
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Hippothooidea (Superfamily) > Chorizoporidae (Family)
Chorizopora
Chorizopora brongniartii (Audouin, 1826)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Hippothooidea (Superfamily) > Haplopomidae (Family)
Haplopoma
Haplopoma graniferum (Johnston, 1847)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Hippothooidea (Superfamily) > Hippothoidae (Family)
Celleporella
Celleporella hyalina (Linnaeus, 1767)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Hippothoa
Hippothoa divaricata Lamouroux, 1821
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Hippothoa flagellum Manzoni, 1870
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Lepralielloidea (Superfamily) > Exochellidae (Family)
Escharoides
Escharoides coccinea (Abildgaard, 1806)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Lepralielloidea (Superfamily) > Bryocryptellidae (Family)
Porella
Porella compressa (J. Sowerby, 1805)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Lepralielloidea (Superfamily) > Romancheinidae (Family)
Escharella
Escharella variolosa (Johnston, 1838) ?
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Lepralielloidea (Superfamily) > Umbonulidae (Family)
Oshurkovia
Oshurkovia littoralis (Hastings, 1944)
syn. Umbonula littoralis - A cheilostome bryozoan
Umbonula
Umbonula ovicellata Hastings, 1944
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Schizoporelloidea (Superfamily) > Cryptosulidae (Family)
Cryptosula
Cryptosula pallasiana (Moll, 1803)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Schizoporelloidea (Superfamily) > Microporellidae (Family)
Fenestrulina
Fenestrulina malusii (Audouin, 1826)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Microporella
Microporella ciliata (Pallas, 1766)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Schizoporelloidea (Superfamily) > Schizoporellidae (Family)
Schizoporella
Schizoporella japonica Ortmann, 1890
- Orange ripple bryozoan (invasive non-native species)
Schizoporella unicornis (Johnston in Wood, 1844)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Smittinoidea (Superfamily) > Bitectiporidae (Family)
Pentapora
Pentapora foliacea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) - Ross
Schizomavella
Schizomavella (Schizomavella) linearis (Hassall, 1841)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella (Schizomavella) sarniensis Hayward & Thorpe, 1995
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Smittinoidea (Superfamily) > Smittinidae (Family)
Smittoidea
Smittoidea marmorea (Hincks, 1877)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Flustrina (Suborder) > Smittinoidea (Superfamily) > Watersiporidae (Family)
Watersipora
Watersipora subatra (Ortmann, 1890)
- A cheilostome bryozoan (invasive non-native species)
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Inovicellina (Suborder) > Aeteoidea (Superfamily) > Aeteidae (Family)
Aetea
Aetea anguina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Snake or Snake's head coralline
Aetea sica (Couch, 1844) - A cheilostome bryozoan
Aetea truncata (Landsborough, 1852)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Malacostegina (Suborder) > Membraniporoidea (Superfamily) > Electridae (Family)
Conopeum
Conopeum reticulum (Linnaeus, 1767)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Conopeum seurati (Canu, 1928)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Einhornia
Einhornia crustulenta (Pallas, 1766)
- A cheilostome bryozoa
Electra
Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Frosty or Hairy sea mat and Foliaceous coralline
Pyripora
Pyripora catenularia (Fleming, 1828) - Beaded Coralline
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Malacostegina (Suborder) > Membraniporoidea (Superfamily) > Membraniporidae (Family)
Biflustra
Biflustra tenuis (Desor, 1848)
syn. Membranipora tenuis Desor, 1848 ?
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Membranipora
Membranipora membranacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Lacy crust bryozoan or Chagrin sea mat
Cheilostomatida (Order) > Scrupariina (Suborder) > Scruparioidea (Superfamily) > Scrupariidae (Family)
Scruparia
Scruparia ambigua (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia chelata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- A cheilostome bryozoan
Bryozoan images in need of identification.
Ctenostome Bryozoans
Ctenostomatida (Order) > Alcyonidiina (Suborder) > Alcyonidioidea (Infraorder) > Alcyonidiidae (Family)
Alcyonidium
Alcyonidium diaphanum (Hudson, 1778) - Sea chervil
Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
- Jelly bryozoan or Sea ragged staff
Alcyonidium hirsutum (Fleming, 1828)
- A ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum (Hassall, 1841)
- A ctenostome bryozoan
Ctenostomatida (Order) > Flustrellidrina (Suborder) > Flustrellidroidea (Superfamily) > Flustrellidridae (Family)
Flustrellidra
Flustrellidra hispida (O. Fabricius, 1780)
- A ctenostome bryozoan
Ctenostomatida (Order) > Stoloniferina (Suborder) > Walkerioidea (Superfamily) > Walkeriidae (Family)
Walkeria
Walkeria uva (Linnaeus, 1758) - A ctenostome bryozoan
Ctenostomatida (Order) > Vesicularina (Suborder) > Vesicularioidea (Superfamily) > Vesiculariidae (Family)
Amathia
Amathia citrina (Hincks, 1877)
- A ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis (Leidy, 1855)
- A ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia imbricata (Adams, 1798)
- A ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia lendigera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- A ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia pruvoti Calvet, 1911
- A ctenostome bryozoan
N.B. The Bowerbankia here have recently been transferred to the genus Amathia.
Vesicularia
Vesicularia spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- A ctenostome bryozoan
Ctenostomatida (Order) > Victorellina (Suborder) > Victorelloidea (Superfamily) > Victorellidae (Family)
Victorella
Victorella pavida Saville-Kent, 1870 - Trembling sea-mat
Cyclostome bryozoans
Cyclostomatida (Order) > Articulina (Suborder) > Crisiidae (Family)
Crisia
Crisia aculeata Hassall, 1841 - A cyclostome bryozoan
Crisia denticulata (Lamarck, 1816) - Black jointed coralline
Crisia eburnea (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tufted ivory coralline
Crisia ramosa Harmer, 1891 - A cyclostomebryozoan
Crisidia
Crisidia cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) - Goat's-horn coralline
Filicrisia
Filicrisia geniculata (Milne Edwards, 1838)
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Cyclostomatida (Order) > Rectangulata (Suborder) > Lichenoporidae (Family)
Disporella
Disporella hispida (Fleming, 1828)
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Patinella
Patinella radiata (Audouin, 1826)
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Cyclostomatida (Order) > Tubuliporina (Suborder) > Annectocymidae (Family)
Entalophoroecia
Entalophoroecia deflexa (Couch, 1842)
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Cyclostomatida (Order) > Tubuliporina (Suborder) > Diastoporidae (Family)
Diplosolen
Diplosolen obelia (Johnston, 1838)
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Cyclostomatida (Order) > Tubuliporina (Suborder) > Oncousoeciidae (Family)
Oncousoecia
Oncousoecia dilatans (Johnston, 1847)
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Cyclostomatida (Order) > Tubuliporina (Suborder) > Plagioeciidae (Family)
Plagioecia
Plagioecia patina (Lamarck, 1816)
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Plagioecia sarniensis - A cyclostome bryozoan
Cyclostomatida (Order) > Tubuliporina (Suborder) > Tubuliporidae (Family)
Tubulipora
Tubulipora liliacea (Pallas, 1766) ?
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora penicillata (O. Fabricius, 1780)
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa Thompson in Harmer, 1898
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora species (1) probably T. plumosa ?
- A cyclostome bryozoan
Other cyclostome bryozoan images,
ones in need of identification.
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Other images of bryozoans that need identifying
European Names - Bryozoans, Moostierchen, Mosdiertjes, Bryozoaires, Briozoos, Briozoi.
