Artificial Reef Field Guide: Disporella separata
Common NamePurple Bryozoan
Code(s)DISE
Id Number911
TaxaInvertebrate
MobilitySessile
Colonial / SolitarySolitary
Typical Substrate TypeHard
Species Description
Purple Bryozoan - Encrusting, up to 10cm in diameter. Composed of subcolonies with 8 to 12 radially arranged bundles of tubules. Kozloff p. 429