Bugula
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| Bugula sp.[1] (Oken, 1815) |
Spiral tufted bryozoa or Bugula turrita are a very common colonial marine animal found from Maine to North Carolina.
Bugula neritina is of current interest as a source of cytotoxic chemicals, bryostatins, under clinical investigation as anti-cancer agents.[3]
Dried Bugula are commonly used as decorations:
"Air fern", the so-called everlasting plant that supposedly absorbs from air all the moisture it needs to live, is commonly dried colonies of the bryozoan Bugula that have been artificially coloured.[4]
However, note that Sertularia argentea are also sold as "air ferns."[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bugulidae-wikispecies. Wikispecies. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
- ^ Andrew J. Martinez (2003). Marine Life of the North Atlantic: Canada to New England. Aqua Quest Publications. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
- ^ Bryozoa-Wikipedia. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
- ^ Frank K. McKinney. The Bryozoa. International Bryozoology Association. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland - Cnidaria. habitas.org.uk. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
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