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Purple Encrusting Bryozoa
A colony of Disporella separata by Ryan Murphy, April, 2010

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Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Bryozoa
Class Stenolaemata
Order Cyclostomatida
SubOrder Rectangulata
Family Lichenophoridae
Genus Disporella
Species separata (Osborn,1953)
Common Name: Purple encrusting bryozoa

This species is classified in The Lophophorate Phyla of British Columbia: Entoprocts,Bryozoans,Phoronids and Brachiopods by Aaron Baldwin School of Fisheries, U. of Alaska.

This brightly colored bryozoa can have patches 30- 40 cm in diametre. It may initially be mistaken for the purple variety of the Pink hydrocoral Allopora sp. It is found on the rocks right off the docks at Race Rocks in 8-12 metres of water.

This file is provided as part of a collaborative effort by the students, faculty, staff and volunteers of
Lester B. Pearson College
April 2010
Garry Fletcher
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