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Bugula neritina

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Kingdom
  
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Bugulidae

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Cheilostomata

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Bugula neritina Bugula neritina The Exotics Guide

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Bugula, Bryozoa, Cheilostomata, Gymnolaemata, Amphibalanus amphitrite

Bugula neritina the life cycle of a marine bryozoan


Bugula neritina (commonly known as brown bryozoan or common bugula) is a cryptic species complex of sessile marine animal in the Bugula genus.

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Bugula neritina Bugula neritina The Exotics Guide

It is invasive with a cosmopolitan distribution.

Bugula neritina is of interest from a drug discovery perspective because it produces the bryostatins, a group of around twenty bioactive natural products. The bryostatins are under investigation as possible therapies for cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

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Bugula neritina is also of interest in materials science, where it is used as a model organism in biofouling studies.

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Movement of bugula neritina larvae


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Bugula neritina Wikipedia