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.
Disporella hispida (Fleming, 1828) - A Cyclostome bryozoan (Bryozoan images)
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Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- live / mammilate colony 1
Disporella hispida
- live / mammilate colony 1
The live specimen above was found under a rock at low water at Hannafore Point, Looe, Cornwall, 04.01.22.
The live specimen above was found under a rock on an extra low water spring tide at Albert Pier reef, Penzance, Cornwall, 11.03.20.
The live specimen above was found under a rock on an extra low water spring tide at Marazion, Cornwall, 11.03.12.
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 1
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 2
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 3
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 4
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony close-up 1
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony close-up 2
Species found on the plastic collar of an inkwell lobster / crab pot, washed-up at Long Rock Station, Long Rock, Penzance, Cornwall. 07.01.14.
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- inside Dog Cockle valve 1
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- inside Dog Cockle valve 2
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- inside Dog Cockle valve 3
Dead specimens above were found on Dog cockle, Glycymeris glycymeris shells that were once dredged and dumped on the shore in Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall, 04.01.14.
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 5
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 6
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 7
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 8
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 9
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 10
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- mamillate colony on plastic 11
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- species found on plastic 1
Cyclostome bryozoan
Disporella hispida
- inside Prickly saddle oyster 1
Species found under on a plastic tray washed up at Sennen, Penwith, Cornwall. 05.01.12. Inside Prickly saddle oyster, on crab / lobster pot washed up at the same spot, 14.11.13.
Where found on plastic the species is usually dead because of dessication, although live material can be found when brough ashore during storms and on plastic or fishing gear that was once trapped on the seabed. Normally this species is only found on the shore, on and under rocks on exceedingly low spring tides.
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.