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Brown Fan Bryozoan

Aspect: A conglomerate of fan-disposed arrays of very fine brown tubes that look like modern sophistcated dessert  decorations.
Population: Common, but generally hidden.
Notable feature: Close examination show that there are connections between the spoking tubular branches of each fan-shaped array.
Environment: With rare exceptions, occurs in protected recesses, but as seen in some of the pictures below can develop on the exposed silted gunwale of a wreck, the Franjack in this occurrence.
Behaviour: -
  • French designation: Bryozoaire Eventail Noir
  • Latin designation: Canda Simplex
  • Creole designation: -
  • Latin family: Cheilostomata
  • Size (cm): 3-4
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