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 chelata (Linnaeus, 1758) - A cheilostome bryozoan (Bryozoan images)
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Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia chelata
- spreading by stolon 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia chelata
- colony 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia chelata
- on Lomentaria articulata 1

Specimen above found on Lomentaria articulata, Jointed Pod Weed, at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 04.06.20.

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia chelata
- under lowershore rock 1

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia chelata
- under lowershore rock 2

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia chelata
- under lowershore rock 3

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia chelata
- under lowershore rock 4

Cheilostome bryozoan
Scruparia chelata
- under lowershore rock 5

Above specimens found attached to Perophora japonica and algae under rock surfaces on the lowershore north of Smeaton's Pier, St. Ives, Cornwall, 24.09.14.

Note the habit and creeping stolon of kenozooids.

Scruparia chelata 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.