Author | Mundy, S.P. |
Year | 1980 |
Title | A Key to the British and European Freshwater Bryozoans |
ISBN | 0 900386 39 8 |
Series | Scientific Publication |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British and European species known at the time. |
Source | Scientific Publication, No. 41, 32pp, Freshwater Biological Association |
Illustrations | Line drawings accompany the text. |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A short key to freshwater bryozoans and their statoblasts. |
Examine | with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful) |
Specimen Preparation | Live, or narcotised and preserved in 70% alcohol or 4% formalin. Statoblasts should be dehydrated and slide mounts made in Canada Balsam, after splitting the statoblasts to show internal details. |
Identification difficulty | Comparatively straightforward if specimens are extended. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|
For identification | Superseded | PLUMATELLIDA | freshwater bryozoans | Animalia |
Current | PHYLACTOLAEMATA | freshwater moss animals | Animalia |
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