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This is a colony of tiny tentacled animals embedded in a gelatinous substance. ...
From Wikipedia: Membranipora membranacea is a very widely distributed species ...
W. subovoidea is a calcified, encrusting
Bryozoans can take on a variety of forms ...
Gelatinous blob the size of a basketball, Floated up from the bottom of a lake
The remains of a bryozoan.
White, mesh-looking growth along side red algae. Was pliable and smooth like ...
jelly-like mass approximately 5 inches in diameter
I believe it had rained within that week so I don't necessarily know if it ...
Lacy crust bryozoanis an interesting marine organism that creates these ...
A small crab (5 cm dia. carapace) that camouflages its carapace with algae, ...
Bryozoans are an invertebrate that live in ...
These beautiful "slugs of the sea" are my favorite creature to find. They tend ...
This is a beautiful species of bryozoan ...
, crabs, sea urchins, heart urchins, brittle stars,
sheltered areas it eats ORANGE SEA PENS, SEA VASE TUNICATES*, encrusting ...
It is a species of colonial bryozoan with ...
The adult background coloration is black but the scales of the body, except ...
Dark girdle with a leathery look and texture surrounding eight protective ...
hopkinsiaxanthin, most likely obtained through feeding on the cheilostomatous ...
Length is up to 41 cm. Is a large angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae. The ...