Bougainvillia britannica (Forbes, 1841)
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Family:  Bougainvilliidae ()
Max. size:  0.1 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  sessile; marine; depth range 500 - 800 m
Distribution:  Northern Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean: from Alaska south to Virginia, USA, then east to Germany.
Diagnosis:  Bell measures 10 mm high and wide; manubrium varies from pink to white, with 4 very distinctive dichotomously-branched oral tentacles; 4 radial canals; 4 tentacle bulbs, each bearing similar tentacles (<60) and with its own dark ocellus; transparent umbrella (Ref. 2376).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:  Known from Dunstaffnage.

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