Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Inovicellina > Superfamily Aeteoidea > Family Aeteidae > Genus Aetea

Aetea anguina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sertularia Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aetea*	Lamouroux, 1812	accepted genus name
*Anguinaria*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: snake's head coralline

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333
additional source	Winston, J. E. and F. J. Maturo Jr. 2009. Bryozoans (Ectoprocta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1147–1164 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Vanhaelen, M.-Th., Jonckheere, I. & De Blauwe H. (2006). Grote wierstranding aan de Belgische Westkust tijdens de zomer van 2005. De Strandvlo 26(1): 5-11.
additional source	De_blauwe, H. (2009). Mosdiertjes van de Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee: Determinatiewerk voor België en Nederland. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Oostende. 464.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	De Blauwe, H. (2005). Bryozoa op wieren en plastic uit de herfstvloedlijn van het najaar 2004. De Strandvlo 25(1): 14-16.
additional source	Bloklander, G. & P. Leenhouts (1948). Wat de najaarsstormen ons brachten. Het Zeepaard 8: 9-14 & 24-25.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	De Blauwe, H. (2000c). Riemwiervoetjes en hun begroeiing [Seaweed haptera and their overgrowth]. De Strandvlo 20(3): 130-137
additional source	Lacourt, A.W. (1949). Bryozoa of the Netherlands. Archives Néerlandaises de Zoologie. 8(3): 1-33.
additional source	De Blauwe, H. (2000b). Chlamys distorta en andere allochtonen op aangespoelde gasfles te Wenduine. De Strandvlo 20(1): 30-32.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Busk, G. (1884). Report on the Polyzoa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part 1. The Cheilostomata. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 10 (part 30): i-xxiv, 1-216, pl. 1-36.
additional source	Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
additional source	Westendorp, G.D. (1843). Recherches sur les Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique, et particulièrement des environs d'Ostende. Annales de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruges IV: 5-48, 1 plate

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Aetea anguina (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111062