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Bryozoan, Flexible

Elzerina binderi

Bryozoan, Flexible

Invertebrate

Ectoprocta

Gymnolaemata

Flustrellidrae

Rocky Shore Intertidal
Rocky Shore Intertidal

Feeding:
Filter Feeder
Filter Feeder
Distribution:
Southern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Edibility:
Inedible
Inedible
Size:
Hand Sized
Hand Sized



A flexible bryozoan, does not have a hard calcium carbonate skeleton.


Found low on the shore, often associated with seaweeds and sea tulips.


Filter feeder, feeds upon plant plankton and bacteria using a unique ciliated structure called a lophophore.