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#4941 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Encrusting Bryozoan

🇳🇱 Zeekantwerk ·Conopeum reticulum

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
Encrusting Bryozoan, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Zeekantwerk of zeevitrage ( Conopeum reticulum ) is een mosdiertjessoort uit de familie van de Electridae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1767 voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus.

base stats

  • NL sightings 7iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 186iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 7 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 186 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Encrusting Bryozoan
Nederlands
Zeekantwerk
scientific name
Conopeum reticulum
class
Gymnolaemata
order
Cheilostomatida
family
Electridae
sightings in NL
7
sightings in Europe
72
sightings worldwide
186
GBIF records in NL
758
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Electridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 558729, Wikidata Q6407276, GBIF 1007745, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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