Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California

Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz
Hippoporina insculpta (Hincks, 1882)               
Fluted Bryozoan
Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata: Cheilostomata: Ascophorina: Hippoporinidae
Geographic Range: Alaska to central California. Synonyms: Hippodiplosia insculpta, Schizoporella insculpta
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Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 22 Dec 2007.

Description: Color pale tan to light yellow or pale orange. Colony may be encrusting or rising in irregular, fan-like folds or leaf-like projections.
Size: Individuals are 05.-0.7mm long by 0.3-0.4mm wide; colony may be up to 15cm across.
Notes: Found encrusting rocks or mollusk shells, or on algae, hydroids, or other bryozoans.

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