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
Schizomavella (Schizomavella) linearis (Hassall, 1841) - A cheilostome bryozoan (Bryozoans)
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Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- ovicellate zooids 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- ovicellate zooids 2

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- colony 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- colony on Saddle oyster 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- colony on Saddle oyster 2

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- plastic whell hub cover 1

Species found on a plastic car wheel hub cover that was washed-up near Marazion, Cornwall. 11.01.14. The plastic hub cover was covered in hydroids and bryozoans and had obviously been trapped on the bottom of the seabed below low water for some time. Schizomavella linearis was also found on the Saddle oyster, Pododesmus striata, which was also found on the plastic item.

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- ovicellate zooids 3

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- zooids 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- colonies 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- colonies 2

Specimens above found under a rock crevice in shallow water beyond the low spring tide mark at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 05.06.16.

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- zooids 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Schizomavella linearis
- zooids 2

Colonies of this species were found under an overhang on a low spring tide at Albert Pier Reef, Penzance, Cornwall. 19.10.16.

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.