Plumatella fungosa

Plumatella fungosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Ectoprocta
Class:	Phylactolaemata
Order:	Plumatellida
Family:	Plumatellidae
Genus:	Plumatella
Species:	P. fungosa
Binomial name
Plumatella fungosa (Pallas, 1768)
Synonyms
Tubularia fungosa (Pallas, 1768) Alcyonella fluviatile (Bruguière, 1789) Alcyonella fungosa (Van Beneden, 1848) Alcyonella flabellum (Van Beneden, 1848) Alcyonella fungosa (Allman, 1856) Plumatella polymorpha var. fungosa (Kraepelin, 1887) Plumatella repens var. fungosa (Vangel, 1894) Plumatella repens var. fungosa (Annandale, 1910) Plumatella fungosa (Abrikosov, 1925)

Plumatella fungosa sometimes called the fungoid bryozoan is a species of bryozoans from the family Plumatellidae.

It is generally confined in the USA to stream in northern States or to mountain streams further south where it may be found as the dominant bryozoan in small mountain lakes at around 4000m altitude. In Europe is inhabits similar situations. It is commonly found in waters rich in humic colouration and with pH below 7, often in waters surrounded by conifers.

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