AuthorRyland, J.S., Holt, R., Loxton, J., Jones, M.E.S. & Porter, J.S.
Year2014
TitleFirst occurrence of the non-native bryozoan Schizoporella japonica Ortmann (1890) in Western Europe
TypePaper
SourceZootaxa Vol 3780 (3): 481-502.
IllustrationsColour photographs and half-tone SEM micrographs
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Colonies of this fast-growing, orange-red bryozoan from Japan, perhaps via Pacific North America, reported from Holyhead Marina in North Wales in 2010, and Orkney Islands in 2011.
Examine Stereo Microscope
Website urldx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.3

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentSchizoporella japonicaa bryozoanAnimalia: Cheilostomatida: Schizoporellidae
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