APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Scruparia ambigua (d'Orbigny, 1841) - A cheilostome bryozoan (Bryozoan images)
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Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia ambigua
- creeping line of autozooids 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia ambigua
- on Saw or Toothed wrack 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia ambigua
- on Saw or Toothed wrack 2

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia ambigua
- on Saw or Toothed wrack 3

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia ambigua
- on Saw or Toothed wrack 4

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia ambigua
- under microscope 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia ambigua
- under microscope 2

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia ambigua
- under microscope 3

Specimen above found growing on Saw or Toothed wrack, Fucus serratus, on the low tide line near the sill at Carnsew Pool, Hayle, Cornwall. 17.07.15.

Note the habit, colony composed of repent and erect, spreading by uniserial chains of autozooids, chains branching by lateral budding.

Scruparia ambigua Anascan Bryozoan Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.