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Brown bugula

Bugula neritina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The brown bugula (Bugula neritina) is a species in the family Bugulidae, order Cheilostomatida.

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Quick facts about the brown bugula

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brown bugula live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown bugula as introduced in 22 countries, and flagged as invasive in 9 of them.

  1. Argentinainvasive
  2. Chileinvasive
  3. Chinainvasive
  4. Curaçaoinvasive
  5. Ecuadorinvasive
  6. Egyptinvasive
  7. Franceinvasive
  8. Mexicoinvasive
  9. Portugalinvasive
  10. Angola
  11. Belgium
  12. Brazil
  13. Ireland
  14. Italy
  15. Lebanon
  16. New Zealand
  17. Peru
  18. South Korea
  19. Sweden
  20. United Kingdom
  21. United States
  22. Vanuatu

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the brown bugula endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the brown bugula classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumBryozoa
  3. classGymnolaemata
  4. orderCheilostomatida
  5. familyBugulidae
  6. genusBugula
  7. SpeciesBugula neritina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Sertularia neritina

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Brown bryozoanEnglish
  • Bushy bryozoanEnglish
  • Common bugulaEnglish
  • Purple dentate moss animalEnglish
  • keřnatenka stromečkovitáCzech
  • bugule bruneFrench
  • Bugula scuraItalian
  • フサコケムシJapanese
  • 큰다발이끼벌레Korean
  • paars vogelkopmosdiertjeDutch
  • 多室草苔蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown bugula

Other species in the same genus Bugula.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the brown bugula an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the brown bugula as invasive in 9 countries, including Argentina, Chile, China, Curaçao and Ecuador. It lists it as introduced in 22 in all.

What kind of animal is the brown bugula?

The brown bugula (Bugula neritina) belongs to the family Bugulidae in the order Cheilostomatida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown bugula (Bugula neritina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-bugula

MLA

“Brown bugula (Bugula neritina).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-bugula.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_bugula_2026,
  title = {Brown bugula (Bugula neritina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-bugula},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}