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Magnificent Bryozoan

Pectinatella magnifica

5,353 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 107, February 79, March 124, April 195, May 280, June 306, July 327, August 281, September 207, October 154, November 84, December 66.
United States5,335
Alaska2,210
Canada501
New York382
Ontario372
New Hampshire214
Virginia209
Massachusetts182
North Carolina152
Maryland144

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumBryozoans · Bryozoa
ClassFreshwater bryozoans · Phylactolaemata
OrderPlumatellida
FamilyPectinatellidae
GenusPectinatella

Sources

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