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Overview
Distribution
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De Blauwe, Hans
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1071
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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
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1369
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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.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=130048
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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).
http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149068
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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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Fossil records of Escharoides mamillata are known from the Pliocene Coralline Crag of East Anglia and the Low Countries. Recent specimens of the species were recorded from the Antrim coast, Orkney, the west coast of Scotland, the coast of Galicia, Spain and the Gulf of Marseilles.
© Natural History Museum, London
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Bryozoa of the British Isles
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Physical Description
Morphology
Escharoides mamillata is an encrusting bryozoan, rarely found in the British Isles. The colonies form sub-circular patches composed of a single layer of autozooids. Autozooids are broadly oval to quadrangular and strongly convex. They range in size from 0.5-0.8 by 0.4-0.6 mm.
© Natural History Museum, London
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Bryozoa of the British Isles
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Ecology
Habitat
The species is able to colonise shells and calcareous organisms. The species is little-known and rarely reported, but assumed to be restricted to offshore environments.
© Natural History Museum, London
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Bryozoa of the British Isles
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