Belgian Coast, Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone, British Isles, Den Helder, Dutch Coast, European waters (ERMS scope), Gulf of Mexico, Irish Exclusive economic Zone, Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone, Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, Westkapelle, Zeeland

Smittoidea reticulata is common on all British coasts. It ranges from the Barents Sea to the western Mediterranean and Morocco.

Smittoidea reticulata is an encrusting bryozoan that forms broad irregular sheets often of considerable size. Colonise are silvery and bright when fresh. Autozooids are oval, rectangular or irregular in outline. They are 0.5-0.8 by approximately 0.3 mm.

Depth range based on 13 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 9 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 538
  Temperature range (°C): -1.516 - 17.140
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.211 - 33.392
  Salinity (PPS): 34.618 - 38.444
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.103 - 7.626
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.095 - 2.372
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.247 - 110.255

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 538

Temperature range (°C): -1.516 - 17.140

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.211 - 33.392

Salinity (PPS): 34.618 - 38.444

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.103 - 7.626

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.095 - 2.372

Silicate (umol/l): 1.247 - 110.255
 
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The species is able to colonise stones, shells and other bryozoans in subtidal waters. It is commonly found encrusting the subtidal bryozoan Pentapora foliacea.