Collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.
This bryozoan is a well known fouling organism on boats and in harbors. The zooids entrap organic particles with their extended lophophores; they brood ova in their translucent, globular ovicells.