Puellina modica Bishop and Househam, 1987

General description: 

Puellina modica is an encrusting bryozoan. Colonies form small, irregular patches, composed of a single layer of autozooids. The autozooids are broadly oval to hexagonal, convex and separated by deep grooves. They range in size from 0.17-0.25 by 0.08-0.12 mm. Five spines are present in non-reproductive zooids, and two in reproductive zooids  (with an ovicell).

The species is able to colonise stones and shells. It has been recorded from offshore waters between 38-106 metres. Puellina modica is known from the English Channel off Sussex, Normandy, Brittany and Guernsey; from the Irish Sea and the Antrim coast.
 
Puellina modica may be distinguished from its close relatives,  Puellina gattyae and Puellina setosa, by it prominent costal ridges.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith