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Hairy Sea-mat

Electra pilosa

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,099, February 812, March 1,272, April 2,001, May 2,885, June 3,146, July 3,366, August 2,895, September 2,125, October 1,586, November 867, December 678.
United States22,873
Alaska22,730
Canada403
Nova Scotia176
United Kingdom141
Quebec119
England88
Maine68
New Brunswick57
Massachusetts49

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumBryozoans · Bryozoa
ClassNaked Throat Bryozoans · Gymnolaemata
OrderCheilostomatid Bryozoans · Cheilostomatida
FamilyElectridae
GenusElectra

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