Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika
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Bugula neritina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bugula neritina is an erect, arborescent bryozoan whose colonies form brown or reddish tufts up to 8 cm high. This species colonises a range of substrates including pier piles, ships’ hulls, buoys.
Throughout warm-temperate and subtropical coastal waters of the world and is considered a troubling fouling organism.
Bugula neritina is of interest from a drug discovery perspective because it produces the bryostatins, which are under investigation as possible therapies for cance] and Alzheimer's disease.
Synonymised names
Sertularia neritina Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (basionym)
Direct children (6)
Variety Bugula neritina var. minima Waters, 1909 accepted as Bugula minima Waters, 1909 (Basionym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. ramosa Thornely, 1912 accepted as Bugula ramosa Thornely, 1912 (Basionym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. rubra Thornely, 1912 accepted as Bugula robusta MacGillivray, 1869 (Subjective synonym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. sessilis d'Hondt, 1974 accepted as Dendrobeania sessilis (d'Hondt, 1974) (Basionym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. tenuata Thornely, 1912 accepted as Bugula robusta MacGillivray, 1869 (Subjective synonym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. fastigiata Thornely, 1916 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Bugula neritina is an erect, arborescent bryozoan whose colonies form brown or reddish tufts up to 8 cm high. This species colonises a range of substrates including pier piles, ships’ hulls, buoys.
Throughout warm-temperate and subtropical coastal waters of the world and is considered a troubling fouling organism.
Bugula neritina is of interest from a drug discovery perspective because it produces the bryostatins, which are under investigation as possible therapies for cance] and Alzheimer's disease.
Synonymised names
Sertularia neritina Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (basionym)
Direct children (6)
Variety Bugula neritina var. minima Waters, 1909 accepted as Bugula minima Waters, 1909 (Basionym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. ramosa Thornely, 1912 accepted as Bugula ramosa Thornely, 1912 (Basionym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. rubra Thornely, 1912 accepted as Bugula robusta MacGillivray, 1869 (Subjective synonym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. sessilis d'Hondt, 1974 accepted as Dendrobeania sessilis (d'Hondt, 1974) (Basionym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. tenuata Thornely, 1912 accepted as Bugula robusta MacGillivray, 1869 (Subjective synonym)
Variety Bugula neritina var. fastigiata Thornely, 1916 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
