Flustrellidra hispida
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Ctenostomatida |
| Family: | Flustrellidridae |
| Genus: | Flustrellidra |
| Species: | F. hispida |
| Binomial name | |
| Flustrellidra hispida | |
Flustrellidra hispida is a species of colonial bryozoan in the order Ctenostomatida.
Encrusting colonies are loosely attached to substrata, forming thick, lobed, brown to yellowish patches with a "furry" appearance due to dense spines. Colonies comprise sterile and protandrous hermaphrodite zooids incubating non-feeding pseudocyphonautes larva in the modified tentacle sheath.
Flustrellidra hispida is an amphiboreal species, widely distributed in the northern Atlantic. They live in a temperate climate and prefer a water temperature not exceeding 15 °C and normal salinity.
References
- ^ Gordon, D. (2014). "Flustrellidra hispida (Fabricius, 1780)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-12-11.