The arms of brittle stars are tangled among the horns of this Heteropora cluster–photo by Ryan Murphy
Heteropora pacifica , the yellow staghorn bryozoa are shown in these pictures .surrounded by the typical associated invertebrates. This bryozoan occurs frequently in small clumps sub-tidally at Race Rocks.
Heteropora pacifica. beside the hydrocoral Allopora sp. and brooding anemone – Photo by Andrew McCurdy.
| Domain | Eukarya |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Bryozoa |
| Class | Stenolaemata |
| Order | Cyclostomatida |
| Suborder | Ceriopoina |
| Family | Heteroporidae |
| Genus | Heteropora |
| Species | pacifica (Borg, 1933) |
| Common Name: | Staghorn byozoan |
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2006 –Garry Fletcher |