Abstract
This study reports on bryozoan species collected at three offshore gas platforms in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Four out of thirteen observed species are considered as rare in the Netherlands, whereas Cribrilina punctata is a new species for Dutch waters.
Highlights
The Dutch continental shelf of the North Sea largely consists of sandy bottoms
Bryozoa grow on various hard substrates such as rocks, shells, wood, and plastic material, and on macroalgae and Hydrozoa (De Blauwe 2009)
Previous observations of Bryozoa in the Netherlands concentrated on southern coastal areas (Faasse and De Blauwe 2004)
Summary
The Dutch continental shelf of the North Sea largely consists of sandy bottoms. Rocky substrates are only present on the Cleaver Bank (Schrieken et al 2013), the Borkum Reef Grounds (Coolen et al 2015) and the Texel Rough Faasse et al (2013) recently reviewed the list of known Dutch Bryozoa which comprises a total of 58 marine and estuarine species. They excluded specimens found on beached material, but included fauna from several recent offshore surveys of the Cleaver Bank (Van Moorsel 2003), the Princess Amalia Wind Farm (PAWF; Vanagt et al 2013) and a shipwreck on the sandy Dogger Bank (Schrieken et al 2013)
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