Th e First Finding of Bryozoan Pectinatella magnifica (Lophopodidae) in Lower Danube

Aleksandrov, B., Voloshkevich, O., Kurakin, A., Rybalko, A., Gontar, V.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2014-0036

Abstract

Th e freshwater bryozoan Pectinatella magnifica (Leidy, 1851) was found for the fi rst time in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta (Poludionniy arm, 45°25'00" N, 29°45'25" E) in 2005. Since then, it has increased in abundance. The greatest colony numbers occurred on both dead and living reed stems in the delta region 1.5–2.0 km upstream from the Black Sea.

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