• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Bryozoa
  • Class: Gymnolaemata
  • Order: Cheilostomatida
  • Suborder: Neocheilostomatina
  • Infraorder: Flustrina
  • Superfamily: Buguloidea
  • Family: Candidae
  • Scientific name: Cradoscrupocellaria reptans
  • Norwegian: -

Characteristics:

These branched colonies may grow to a height of 6 cm. The color is buff-brown.

Habitat:

It is often found kelp, in area where there are few sea urchins to graze it away. It is most frequent from the intertidal zone and down to 30 meters.

Distribution:

This species is widespread in the North Atlantic Ocean, along the coasts of North America as well as Europe.

This species is also known as Scrupocellaria reptans.