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Overview
Distribution
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Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333
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De Blauwe, H. (2009). Mosdiertjes van de Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee. Determinatiewerk voor België en Nederland. Uitgave Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Oostende: 464pp.
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MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2011). Species.ie version 1.0 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (version of 15 March 2010).
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Ramos, M. (ed.). 2010. IBERFAUNA. The Iberian Fauna Databank
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149024
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World Register of Marine Species
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Schizomavella discoidea is distributed along the western coasts of Britain, ranging north to Shetland. It occurs widely in the western English Channel, but is absent from the North Sea. Outside of British waters it is known from Madeira, throughout the Mediterranean and the Gulf of St. Malo.
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Bryozoa of the British Isles
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Physical Description
Morphology
Schizomavella discoidea is an encrusting bryozoan that forms small, subcircular patches, normally composed of a single layer of autozooids and rarely developing multiple layers. Autozooids are rectangular to hexagonal or irregular in outline. They are 0.3-0.5 by 0.2-0.3 mm.
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Bryozoa of the British Isles
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Ecology
Habitat
The species is able to colonise stones and shells in offshore habitats. It has been reported from depths between 20-80 m.
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Bryozoa of the British Isles
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