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Disporella separata Purple Encrusting Bryozoan

Disporella separata is commonly referred to as Purple Encrusting Bryozoan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Bryozoan - Disporella separata 2 inches (51mm), California 2019


Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
11921 
AphiaID:
470861 
Scientific:
Disporella separata 
German:
Lila Krusten-Moostierchen 
English:
Purple Encrusting Bryozoan 
Category:
Mosdiertjes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Stenolaemata (Class) > Cyclostomatida (Order) > Lichenoporidae (Family) > Disporella (Genus) > separata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Osburn, 1953 
Occurrence:
California, Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 50 °F (°C - 10°C) 
Food:
Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Disporella alaskensis
  • Disporella alboranensis
  • Disporella astraea
  • Disporella borgi
  • Disporella boutani
  • Disporella bullata
  • Disporella buski
  • Disporella buskiana
  • Disporella canaliculata
  • Disporella clypeiformis
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-07-10 16:53:56 

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Disporella separata Osburn, 1953

This beautifully coloured bryozoan forms a hard patchlike, encrusting colony. The apertures of the zooids are circular. The colour is often a bright purple.

Can found from British Columbia to southern California.

External links

  1. inverts.wallawalla.edu (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 10.07.2024.

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Disporella separata,Alberni-Clayoquot, BC, Canada 2022
Bryozoan - Disporella separata 2 inches (51mm), California 2019
Disporella separata,(Purple Encrusting Bryozoan),Begg Rock,California,July 22, 2011

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