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Thread Discussion: Bugulina stolonifera - alien status in Great North Sea and Iberian Peninsula

Kostas Tsiamis
8/6/2018 - 1:36 PM

Thread Opening Text:
Need to clarify the status of Bugulina stolonifera in the Greater North Sea and the Iberian Peninsula (Biscay Bay); is the species alien or native or cryptogenic (alien status not sure)?

Marco FAASSE
3/28/2019 - 7:26 PM

Buguina stolonifera is supposed to be introduced to the Bristish Isles by ships (Hayward & Ryland 1998). These authors do not indicate the origin of the species, nor do they give hard evidence for the introduction. So it should be considered cryptogenic. For the Iberian Peninsula there is no clear evidence for its native status either.

Hayward PJ, Ryland JS (1998) Cheilostomatous Bryozoa: 1. Aeteoidea - Cribrilinoidea: notes for the identification of British species. 2nd ed. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 10. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, 366 pp.

Kostas Tsiamis
3/29/2019 - 8:05 AM

Thread Closing Text:
to remain in EASIN marked as cryptogenic

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