Marine Species: Aetea anguina

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Cheilostomatida
Family: Aeteidae
Genus: Aetea
Species: Aetea anguina

Species Data:

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Common Name: No common name
Description: Tubular zooeciums, transversally wrinkled, with a dilatated and spatulated distal part, curved downwards (they recall a snake's head).
Habitat: Infralittoral algae population (including the tidal zone) and circalittoral (it was already picked on the bathyal zone, over 800 m deep).
Dimensions: About 1 mm in height.
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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