Description: This bryozoan forms feathery colonies shaped like tiny christmas trees.

Habitat: Bugula plumosa is a common bryozoan in a variety of habitats, most common in areas with considerable turbidity and sand-scour.

Similar Species: Bugula purpurotincta is similar but has a less well-defined spiral structure and releases a purple dye in alcohol.

Distribution Map from NBN: Crisularia plumosa at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Crisularia plumosa at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Crisularia plumosa at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Crisularia plumosa (Pallas, 1766). AphiaID: 834039.

Classification: Biota; Animalia; Bryozoa; Gymnolaemata; Cheilostomatida; Flustrina; Buguloidea; Bugulidae; Crisularia