Trembling Sea-mat (Victorella pavida)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > bryozoan > Bryozoan |
| Red List Status: | (Not Relevant) [(not listed)(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Victorella pavida |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Saville-Kent, 1870 |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | (not listed) |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | The Environment Agency have recorded this species as part of their non-native surveys and work by others suggest this species in non-native. The desirability of conservation actions to increase or enhance populations is questionable. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Extinct in England and original sites destroyed. A boreal-montane species that may not survive possible reintroduction due to climate warming. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Not relevant to marine species |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
No Key Actions Defined
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.