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Bugula dentata

Status not recordedother invertebrates

Bugula dentata is a species in the family Bugulidae, order Cheilostomatida.

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Quick facts about Bugula dentata

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 Bugula dentata live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Bugula dentata as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Portugal

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 Bugula dentata 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 Bugula dentata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumBryozoa
  3. classGymnolaemata
  4. orderCheilostomatida
  5. familyBugulidae
  6. genusBugula
  7. SpeciesBugula dentata (Lamouroux, 1816)

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Bugula dentata

Other species in the same genus Bugula.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Bugula dentata an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Bugula dentata as introduced in 2 countries: Australia and Portugal, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Bugula dentata?

Bugula dentata (Bugula dentata) belongs to the family Bugulidae in the order Cheilostomatida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{bugula_dentata_2026,
  title = {Bugula dentata (Bugula dentata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bugula-dentata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}