. . . "Sertularia neritina (Linnaeus, 1758) (basionym)" . "Bugula neritina (commonly known as brown bryozoan or common bugula) is a cryptic species complex of sessile marine animal in the Bugula genus. It is invasive with a cosmopolitan distribution.Bugula neritina is of interest from a drug discovery perspective because it produces the bryostatins, a group of around twenty bioactive natural products."@en . . . . . . . .