Gymnolaemata | 
Cheilostomatida | 
Exechonellidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Sessile; depth range 0 - 27 m (Ref. 86508).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea:  Colombia and Belize.
			
			
			
			
			
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				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum depth from Ref. 116066. Epibenthic, encrusting (Ref. 1116066).  In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209).				
			
			
			
			
			
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					Members of the phylum Bryozoa are hermaphroditic.  Both fertilization and egg brooding may either be internal or external.				
			
			
			
			
			
				de la Cuadra, C.M.L.-F. 2010 Bryozoans. pp. 278-287 In Coll, M., et al., 2010. The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8):36pp. (Ref. 85344)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 25.4 - 28.4, mean 27.1 (based on 188 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
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