List of Bryozoa of Ireland

There are 100 species of Bryozoa (moss animals) recorded in Ireland.[1][2][3][4]

Class Gymnolaemata

Order Cheilostomata

Family Adeonidae

  • Reptadeonella violacea

Family Aeteidae

  • Aetea anguina
  • Aetea truncata

Family Bitectiporidae

Pentapora fascialis
  • Pentapora fascialis
  • Schizomavella linearis
  • Schizomavella sarniensis

Family Bryocryptellidae

  • Palmiskenea skenei
  • Porella compressa

Family Bugulidae

  • Bicellariella ciliata
  • Bugula angustiloba
  • Bugula avicularia
  • Bugula calathus
  • Bugula fulva
  • Bugula neritina
  • Bugula plumosa
  • Bugula purpurotincta
  • Bugula stolonifera
  • Bugula turbinata

Family Candidae

Caberea ellisii
  • Caberea boryi
  • Caberea ellisii
  • Scrupocellaria reptans
  • Scrupocellaria scrupea
  • Scrupocellaria scruposa

Family Calloporidae

  • Callopora lineata
  • Callopora rylandi
  • Cauloramphus spiniferum

Family Cellariidae

  • Cellaria fistulosa
  • Cellaria salicornioides
  • Cellaria sinuosa

Family Celleporidae

  • Buskea dichotoma
  • Buskea quincuncialis
  • Cellepora pumicosa
  • Celleporina caliciformis
  • Omalosecosa ramulosa
  • Turbicellepora avicularis

Family Cribrilinidae

  • Cribrilina cryptooecium

Family Cryptosulidae

  • Cryptosula pallasiana
  • Diplosolen obelia

Family Electridae

Electra pilosa

various species

Family Escharinidae

  • Phaeostachys spinifera

Family Eucrateidae

  • Eucratea loricata

Family Exochellidae

  • Escharoides coccinea

Family Flustridae

Flustra foliacea
Chartella papyracea
  • Carbasea carbasea
  • Chartella papyracea
  • Flustra foliacea
  • Securiflustra securifrons

Family Haplopomidae

  • Haplopoma impressum

Family Hippothoidae

Membranipora membranacea
  • Fenestrulina malusii
Reteporella grimaldii
Schizoporella unicornis

Family Scrupariidae

  • Scruparia chelata

Family Smittinidae

  • Parasmittina trispinosa
  • Smittina affinis
  • Smittoidea reticulata

Family Umbonulidae

  • Oshurkovia littoralis
Alcyonidium gelatinosum
Part of a branch of Bowerbankia pustulosa
  • Amathia lendigera
  • Bowerbankia imbricata
  • Bowerbankia pustulosa
  • Vesicularia spinosa

Family Crisiidae

Part of a branch of Crisia eburnea
  • Crisia aculeata
  • Crisia denticulata
  • Crisia eburnea
  • Crisidia cornuta
  • Filicrisia geniculata
  • Disporella hispida
  • Plagioecia patina
  • Tubulipora liliacea
  • Tubulipora plumosa

References

  1. ^ "Species Browser".
  2. ^ "Holdings: A new key to the freshwater bryozoans of Britain,..."
  3. ^ "Non-insect invertebrates - Biodiversity Ireland".
  4. ^ Horton, Andy. "Bryozoa".
  • Prenant M. et Bobin G., 1966. Bryozoaires. 2ème partie. Chilostomes, Anasca. Faune de France n° 68 647 p.PDF (33 Mo) Identification
  • Marine species identification portal