Bugula fulva Ryland, 1960

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General Description:

Bugula fulva is an erect bryozoan that forms dense, non-spiralling tufts, between 2-3 cm in height. The colonies are composed of a number of fan-shaped shoots that are dichotomously divided into flat branches. The colony is yellowish-brown when alive, turning grey when dried.

The species colonises the underside of boulders and Laminaria holdfasts on the shore and stones and other bryozoan species in subtidal waters down to 70 m. Small modified zooids which resemble rootlets (rhizoids) are used to attach to the colony to the substrate.

The species is distributed around the coasts of England and Wales, extending south to the Mediterranean and the western Atlantic. It appears to be absent from Scotland.

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Distribution:

Recent te Zeebrugge aangespoeld op een plastic emmer (De Blauwe, 2005).

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Distribution:

Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian, including Cobscook Bay.

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Description:

De kolonie vormt een dicht geelbruin bosje, 2-3 cm hoog. Takken met zoïden in 2 rijen, distaal in een kolonie kunnen takken uit vier rijen zoïden bestaan en vervolgens splitsen in twee takken van twee zoïdenrijen. Zoïden rechthoekig of licht proximaal versmald. Het membraan neemt heel het frontale oppervlak in. Stekelformule op marginale zoïden 3:2 of 3:3; formule van binnenste zoïden 3:3 (2:2 bij aanwezigheid van broedkamers). Polypide met 13 tentakels. Avicularia vastgehecht net onder de stekels, hun lengte ietwat meer dan de breedte van een zoïde, of kleiner op de binnenste zoïden; bek omlaag gebogen. Broedkamers bijna bolvormig, met matig brede opening. Embryo’s geel, aanwezig gedurende de zomer en de herfst. Ancestrula met 3 proximale stekels, 3 (zelden 2) op elke distale hoek, en vaak met één aan elke zijde.

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Depth range based on 13 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 11 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 18 - 77
  Temperature range (°C): 20.433 - 23.797
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.501 - 4.098
  Salinity (PPS): 35.982 - 36.446
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.163 - 4.813
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.276
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 2.296

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Depth range (m): 18 - 77

Temperature range (°C): 20.433 - 23.797

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.501 - 4.098

Salinity (PPS): 35.982 - 36.446

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.163 - 4.813

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.276

Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 2.296
 
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Bugula fulva:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Bugula fulva is an erect bryozoan that forms dense, non-spiralling tufts, between 2-3 cm in height. The colonies are composed of a number of fan-shaped shoots that are dichotomously divided into flat branches. The colony is yellowish-brown when alive, turning grey when dried.

The species colonises the underside of boulders and Laminaria holdfasts on the shore and stones and other bryozoan species in subtidal waters down to 70 m. Small modified zooids which resemble rootlets (rhizoids) are used to attach to the colony to the substrate.

The species is distributed around the coasts of England and Wales, extending south to the Mediterranean and the western Atlantic. It appears to be absent from Scotland.

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