Look alikes:
This species is easily confused with Lagenipora lepralioides, which is distinguished from Celleporina pygmaea by its noticeably nodular calcification.
Morphology:
Celleporina pygmaea is a small encrusting bryozoan that forms white colonies. The species is thickly calcified and develops rounded or lobed patches, rarely exceeding 3-4 mm in diameter. Autozooids are small, oval and convex. They are 0.3-04 by approximately 0.2 mm.
Distribution:
Celleporina pygmaea is a rarely recorded species that is known from the Faroe Isles, Shetland and western Norway.
Habitat:
The species is able to colonise stones, shells and the cold-water coral Lophelia, reaching its greatest frequency on small pebbles. It occurs in subtidal water deeper than 50 m.
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