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Dense growth of Alcyonidium diaphanum colonies at about 3 metres depth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Alcyonidium diaphanum at Stoke Point, Plymouth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Alcyonidium diaphanum colony on rocky out crop, Mewstone, Plymouth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Clump of sea chervil (Alcyonidium diaphanum) attached to shell.

Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd

The gelatinous bryozoan Alcyonidium diaphanum colonizing cobbles at 25 m depth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Closeup of the invasive bryozoan Bugula neritina.

Copyright: Holly Latham

Colonies of Bugulina flabellata.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Bugulina flabellata and cup corals.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Colonies of Bugulina turbinata on overhang.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Colonies of Bugulina turbinata.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

The bryozoans Bugulina turbinata and Bowerbankia spp.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

A colony of the sea mat Conopeum reticulum.

Copyright: Marco Faasse

Close up of the zooids of Conopeum reticulum.

Copyright: Marco Faasse

Crisularia plumosa at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Crisularia plumosa at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Clump of Einhornia crustulenta from brackish pools in the Netherlands.

Copyright: Hans Kleef and Peter Tydeman

Einhornia crustulenta.

Copyright: Marco Faasse

Electra pilosa on macroalgae.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Dead Electra pilosa skeleton encrusting a rock and covered in Pomatoceros triqueter tubes.

Copyright: Derek Mayes

Escharoides coccinea colony with Spirorbis spp. on the Scylla reef, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Flustra foliacea.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Flustra foliacea off Salcombe.

Copyright: Paul Newland

Close up of Flustra foliacea zooids.

Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Membranipora membranacea.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Membranipora membranacea colony on kelp frond.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Close-up of colony of Membranipora membranacea.

Copyright: Holly Latham

Close-up of colony of Membranipora membranacea.

Copyright: Holly Latham

Oshurkovia littoralis

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Parasmittina trispinosa

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Small colony of Pentapora fascialis.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Pentapora fascialis colonies on rock at the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Pentapora fascialis colony at the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Pentapora fascialis colony on the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Pentapora fascialis with tips at the middle of the colony sloughed off, on the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Close up of Pentapora fascialis on the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Ross (Pentapora fascialis).

Copyright: Paul Newland

Schizoporella unicornis

Copyright: Michael Puleston

Schizoporella unicornis on rocky substratum

Copyright: Michael Puleston

Convoluted lamina of a colony of the bryozoan Smittina landsborovii.

Copyright: Rob Spray and Dawn Watson

Encrusting (upper-right) and foliaceous (centre and left) parts of a Smittina landsborovii colony, with deadman's fingers in the foreground.

Copyright: Rob Spray and Dawn Watson

Turbicellepora magnicostata on the underside of a boulder.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Zooids of Victorella pavida with lophophores everted.

Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)

Colonies of Victorella pavida on plant stem.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Lophophores and zooids of Victorella pavida.

Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)

Watersipora subatra

Copyright: Michael Puleston

Watersipora subatra

Copyright: Michael Puleston

Watersipora subatra growing next to Halichondria panicea under a large, intertidal boulder at Mt. Batten

Copyright: Michael Puleston

Watersipora subatra overgrowing Halichondria panicea at Mt. Batten

Copyright: Michael Puleston

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Dense growth of Alcyonidium diaphanum colonies at about 3 metres depth.

Modal: Dense growth of <i>Alcyonidium diaphanum</i> colonies at about 3 metres depth.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Alcyonidium diaphanum at Stoke Point, Plymouth.

Modal: <i>Alcyonidium diaphanum</i> at Stoke Point, Plymouth.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Alcyonidium diaphanum colony on rocky out crop, Mewstone, Plymouth.

Modal: <i>Alcyonidium diaphanum</i> colony on rocky out crop, Mewstone, Plymouth.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Clump of sea chervil (Alcyonidium diaphanum) attached to shell.

Modal: Clump of sea chervil (<i>Alcyonidium diaphanum</i>) attached to shell.

Photographer: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd, Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd

The gelatinous bryozoan Alcyonidium diaphanum colonizing cobbles at 25 m depth.

Modal: The gelatinous bryozoan <i>Alcyonidium diaphanum</i> colonizing cobbles at 25 m depth.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Closeup of the invasive bryozoan Bugula neritina.

Modal: Closeup of the invasive bryozoan <i>Bugula neritina</i>.

Photographer: Holly Latham, Copyright: Holly Latham

Colonies of Bugulina flabellata.

Modal: Colonies of <i>Bugulina flabellata</i>.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Bugulina flabellata and cup corals.

Modal: <i>Bugulina flabellata</i> and cup corals.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Colonies of Bugulina turbinata on overhang.

Modal: Colonies of <i>Bugulina turbinata</i> on overhang.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Colonies of Bugulina turbinata.

Modal: Colonies of <i>Bugulina turbinata</i>.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

The bryozoans Bugulina turbinata and Bowerbankia spp.

Modal: The bryozoans <i>Bugulina turbinata</i> and <i>Bowerbankia</i> spp.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

A colony of the sea mat Conopeum reticulum.

Modal: A colony of the sea mat <i>Conopeum reticulum</i>.

Photographer: Marco Faasse, Copyright: Marco Faasse

Close up of the zooids of Conopeum reticulum.

Modal: Close up of the zooids of <i>Conopeum reticulum</i>.

Photographer: Marco Faasse, Copyright: Marco Faasse

Crisularia plumosa at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.

Modal: <i>Crisularia plumosa</i> at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Crisularia plumosa at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.

Modal: <i>Crisularia plumosa</i> at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Clump of Einhornia crustulenta from brackish pools in the Netherlands.

Modal: Clump of <i>Einhornia crustulenta</i> from brackish pools in the Netherlands.

Photographer: Hans Kleef and Peter Tydeman, Copyright: Hans Kleef and Peter Tydeman

Einhornia crustulenta.

Modal: <i>Einhornia crustulenta</i>.

Photographer: Marco Faasse, Copyright: Marco Faasse

Electra pilosa on macroalgae.

Modal: <i>Electra pilosa</i> on macroalgae.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Dead Electra pilosa skeleton encrusting a rock and covered in Pomatoceros triqueter tubes.

Modal: Dead <i>Electra pilosa</i> skeleton encrusting a rock and covered in <i>Pomatoceros triqueter</i> tubes.

Photographer: Derek Mayes, Copyright: Derek Mayes

Escharoides coccinea colony with Spirorbis spp. on the Scylla reef, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.

Modal: <i>Escharoides coccinea</i> colony with <i>Spirorbis </i>spp. on the Scylla reef, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Flustra foliacea.

Modal: <i>Flustra foliacea</i>.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Flustra foliacea off Salcombe.

Modal: <i>Flustra foliacea</i> off Salcombe.

Photographer: Paul Newland, Copyright: Paul Newland

Close up of Flustra foliacea zooids.

Modal: Close up of <i>Flustra foliacea</i> zooids.

Photographer: Hilmar Hinz, Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Membranipora membranacea.

Modal: <i>Membranipora membranacea</i>.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Membranipora membranacea colony on kelp frond.

Modal: <i>Membranipora membranacea</i> colony on kelp frond.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Close-up of colony of Membranipora membranacea.

Modal: Close-up of colony of <i>Membranipora membranacea</i>.

Photographer: Holly Latham, Copyright: Holly Latham

Close-up of colony of Membranipora membranacea.

Modal: Close-up of colony of <i>Membranipora membranacea</i>.

Photographer: Holly Latham, Copyright: Holly Latham

Oshurkovia littoralis

Modal: <em>Oshurkovia littoralis</em>

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Parasmittina trispinosa

Modal: <em>Parasmittina trispinosa</em>

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Small colony of Pentapora fascialis.

Modal: Small colony of <i>Pentapora fascialis</i>.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Pentapora fascialis colonies on rock at the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Modal: <i>Pentapora fascialis</i> colonies on rock at the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Pentapora fascialis colony at the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Modal: <i>Pentapora fascialis</i> colony at the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Pentapora fascialis colony on the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Modal: <i>Pentapora fascialis</i> colony on the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Pentapora fascialis with tips at the middle of the colony sloughed off, on the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Modal: <i>Pentapora fascialis</i> with tips at the middle of the colony sloughed off, on the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Close up of Pentapora fascialis on the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Modal: Close up of <i>Pentapora fascialis</i> on the Mewstone, Plymouth.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Ross (Pentapora fascialis).

Modal: Ross (<i>Pentapora fascialis</i>).

Photographer: Paul Newland, Copyright: Paul Newland

Schizoporella unicornis

Modal: <em>Schizoporella unicornis</em>

Photographer: Michael Puleston, Copyright: Michael Puleston

Schizoporella unicornis on rocky substratum

Modal: <em>Schizoporella unicornis</em> on rocky substratum

Photographer: Michael Puleston, Copyright: Michael Puleston

Convoluted lamina of a colony of the bryozoan Smittina landsborovii.

Modal: Convoluted lamina of a colony of the bryozoan <i>Smittina landsborovii</i>.

Photographer: Rob Spray, Copyright: Rob Spray and Dawn Watson

Encrusting (upper-right) and foliaceous (centre and left) parts of a Smittina landsborovii colony, with deadman's fingers in the foreground.

Modal: Encrusting (upper-right) and foliaceous (centre and left) parts of a <i>Smittina landsborovii</i> colony, with deadman's fingers in the foreground.

Photographer: Rob Spray, Copyright: Rob Spray and Dawn Watson

Turbicellepora magnicostata on the underside of a boulder.

Modal: <i>Turbicellepora magnicostata</i> on the underside of a boulder.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Zooids of Victorella pavida with lophophores everted.

Modal: Zooids of <i>Victorella pavida</i> with lophophores everted.

Photographer: Michelle Carter, Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)

Colonies of Victorella pavida on plant stem.

Modal: Colonies of <i>Victorella pavida</i> on plant stem.

Photographer: Dr Keith Hiscock, Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Lophophores and zooids of Victorella pavida.

Modal: Lophophores and zooids of <i>Victorella pavida</i>.

Photographer: Michelle Carter, Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)

Watersipora subatra

Modal: <em>Watersipora subatra</em>

Photographer: Michael Puleston, Copyright: Michael Puleston

Watersipora subatra

Modal: <em>Watersipora subatra</em>

Photographer: Michael Puleston, Copyright: Michael Puleston

Watersipora subatra growing next to Halichondria panicea under a large, intertidal boulder at Mt. Batten

Modal: <em>Watersipora subatra</em> growing next to <em>Halichondria panicea</em> under a large, intertidal boulder at Mt. Batten

Photographer: Michael Puleston, Copyright: Michael Puleston

Watersipora subatra overgrowing Halichondria panicea at Mt. Batten

Modal: <em>Watersipora subatra</em> overgrowing <em>Halichondria panicea</em> at Mt. Batten

Photographer: Michael Puleston, Copyright: Michael Puleston

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