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Mundy, S.P., 1980

A Key to the British and European Freshwater Bryozoans

A short key to freshwater bryozoans and their statoblasts.

Publisher Freshwater Biological Association (FBA)
Volume No. 41
Pages 32
ISBN 0 900386 39 8
Coverage All the British and European species known at the time.
Illustrations Line drawings accompany the text.
Identify With x8 or x10 hand lens (also useful to examine under a Stereo Microscope).
Specimen Prep. Live, or narcotised and preserved in 70% alcohol or 4% formalin. Statoblasts should be dehydrated and slide mounts made in Canada Balsam, after splitting the statoblasts to show internal details.
Difficulty Comparatively straightforward if specimens are extended.

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Taxonomic Scope

BRYOZOA (bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals) Identification Current

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