Pectinatella magnifica (Leidy, 1851)
Magnificent Bryozoan
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate
Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry
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Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Phylactolaemata
Order: Plumatellida
Family: Pectinatellidae
Genus: Pectinatella
Species: Pectinatella magnifica
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
PHOTOS OF Pectinatella magnifica

Upper Mill Pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2003-08-18

Androscoggin River
Coös County, NH
Date: 2015-08-27

Moose Pond
Cumberland County, ME
Date: 2010-07-04
