Marine Life Identification Perth WA
Shore Diving
Bryozoans
The Bryozoa, also known as Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals, are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals. Typically about 0.5 millimeters (0.020 in) long, they are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water using a retractable lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles lined with cilia... (Wikipedia)
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Orange Tubular Bryozoan
(Left) new colony of Orange Tubular Bryozoan forming along the ropes/posts at Rockingham DT.
(Right) large colony of Orange Tubular Bryozoan on the pylons at Robbs Jetty.
Lace Coral Bryozoan
(Triphyllozoan moniliferum)
Photographs taken at Robbs Jetty.
Possibly Nippled Bryozoan
(Celleporaria Sp.)
I
am not even 1% certain of the identity of the marine life here. I have
seen images of other Nippled Bryozoans, however the colouring is quite
different. My first thought was that it was of the Orange Tubular
Bryozoan due to its colouring. That said there some close similarities
to the Nippled Bryozoan so I will include it here.
Celleporaria fc. fusca.
Photographed at BBR.
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