Other invertebrates
Tropidozoum cellariiforme
Tropidozoum cellariiforme
Also known as: Sea Mat, Zooids
ALSO KNOWN AS
- Sea Mat
- Zooids
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Overview
Found on drop-offs and walls of reef margins, over coral and rocky reefs. A bushy, plant-like colony, with the branches evenly split into two, and the zooid blades flattened.
Length - Spreading
Bryozoa are tiny microscopic celled animals that live in a soft membranous cell in colonies that could be just a few or a few million in size. Tiny tentacles protrude form an opening to catch plankton.
Some colonies can be 1mm in height as flat sheets while others resemble plant or coral and are often mistaken as such.
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How to identify
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-Pacific
LIVES IN
Found on drop-offs and walls of reef margins, over coral and rocky reefs.
RANGE
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Discussion
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ALL STAGES
FOR THE MARINE-BIOLOGY CURIOUS
Deep dive
Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumBryozoa
- classGymnolaemata
- orderCheilostomatida
- familyEuthyrisellidae
- genusTropidozoum
- speciesTropidozoum cellariiforme Harmer, 1957
SourcesWoRMS
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More in the family
Cheilostomatida

