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Costazia ventricosa (Lorenz, 1886)
Rusty Bryozoan
Family: Celleporidae
A brief taxonomic history of the Lophophorates

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© Neil McDaniel     (Photo ID #60982)

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Distribution of Costazia ventricosa in British Columbia in British Columbia

Introduction


Forms hard, orange, lumpy, coral-like colonies along exposed coasts. Very common in Barkley Sound.

Note Author: Neil McDaniel

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