Alcyonidium pedunculatum  (Smooth Leather Bryozoan)

Photo of Alcyonidium pedunculatum by <a href="http://www.seastarsofthepacificnorthwest.info/">Neil McDaniel</a>

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #60974)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location Gordon Islands, BC
Photographer Neil McDaniel
Habitat marine subtidal
Photo Date
Upload Date February 10, 2014
Elevation (m) -10
Latitude 50.8015
Longitude -127.456316666667
Photo ID # 60974
Comments Smooth leather bryozoan. This unusual bryozoan looks quite unlike typical bryozoans. It forms irregular flattened blades up to 30 cm tall. Very common around the Gordon Islands near Port Hardy.