General description:
Copidozoum tenuirostre is an encrusting bryozoan, common throughout the Mediterranean. The colonies form small, irregular patches on offshore shells and gravels, in waters less than 200 m.
Copidozoum tenuirostre is a warm temperate species that is distributed throughout the sub-tropics. It is common in the Mediterranean, extending north to the western approaches to the English Channel. The species has also been recorded from the Atlantic coast of Africa.
(Lopez-Fe 2006)
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