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Common Name: a bryozoan
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: There has been much debate over the correct taxonomy of Bryozoans. Presented are some of the taxonomic schemes in recent and current use:
Dense tufted colony 30-40 mm high greyish buff attached to the substratum with rhyzoids. Basal and lateral walls lightly calcified. Frontal membrane occupying 1/2-3/4 of the frontal surface. Embryos yellow (Hayward and Ryland 1995).Phylum Bryozoa; Class: Gymnolaemata; Order: Cheilostomatida; Infraorder: Cellulariomorpha; Superfamily: Buguloidea; Family: Bugulidae (Bryozoan Home Page 1999).
Phylum: Ectoprocta; Class: Gymnolaemata; Order: Cheilostomata; Suborder: Anasca; Family: Bugulidae (ITIS Database 1998)
Size: Zooiod about 0.72 x 0.17 mm (Hayward and Ryland
Native Range:
Southern Britain. A species of ports and harbors, occurring on pilings and other submerged structures (Hayward and Ryland 1995).
Nonindigenous Occurrences:
San Francisco Bay, California (Cohen and Carlton 1995; Ruiz 2000) and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (recorded as Bugula californica) (Pearl Harbour Legacy Project). Also collected in the following locations in Hawaii: Wakiki Yacht Club, Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, Oahu; Marine Mammal Lab, Kewalo Basin, Oahu; Coal Pier, Barbers Point Deep Draft harbor, Oahu (Cohen 1999). Established in Puget Sound, Washington (Cohen 2004).
Means of Introduction: Ballast water or ship fouling.
Status: Established in California, Hawaii, and Washington.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: None.
References
Bryozoan Home Page. Edited by Phil Block. Page updated 5 November 1999; page accessed 16 December 1999.
Cohen, A. N. and J.T. Carlton. 1995. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United States Estuary: A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. A Report for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. and The National Sea Grant College Program Connecticut Sea Grant Program. 272 pp.
Pearl Harbour Legacy Project, Bishop Museum, Hawaii. Bryozoan records Revised 18 October 1999; page accessed 16 December 1999.
ITIS Database. Integrated Taxonomic Information System Database. Last updated: 3 July 1998; Bugula stolonifera page accessed 16 December 1999.
Hayward, P.J. and J.S. Ryland. 1995. Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford University Press Inc., New York.
Author: Danny O'Connell and Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 4/11/2006 Citation for this information:
Danny O'Connell and Pam Fuller. 2009. Bugula stolonifera. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=268> Revision Date: 4/11/2006
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