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Schizobrachiella verrilli (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) new to Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2015

Britta Kind*
Affiliation:
PHYCOMARIN, Bredenbergsweg 1, 21149 Hamburg, Germany
Hans De Blauwe
Affiliation:
Watergang 6, 8380 Dudzele, Belgium
Marco Faasse
Affiliation:
eCOAST Marine Research, P.O. Box 149, 4330AC Middelburg, the Netherlands Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 9517, 2300RA Leiden, the Netherlands
Ralph Kuhlenkamp
Affiliation:
PHYCOMARIN, Bredenbergsweg 1, 21149 Hamburg, Germany
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: B. Kind, PHYCOMARIN, Bredenbergsweg 1, 21149 Hamburg, Germany email: britta.kind@phycomarin.de
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Abstract

Found at four sites in the coastal waters of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, an encrusting cheilostomatous bryozoan unknown from Europe was identified by microscopical and scanning electron microscope studies as Schizobrachiella verrilli (Cheilostomata, Schizoporellidae). Until now, it was only known from the Atlantic coast of North America. Historic data confirms the existence of S. verrilli in the North Sea since 1905 and the few recent findings suggest that S. verrilli is a rare species living at refugial sites such as the sublittoral shell banks of the North Sea.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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