Artificial Reef Field Guide: Celleporina sp
Common NameBryozoan
Code(s)COST
Id Number484
TaxaInvertebrate
MobilitySessile
Colonial / SolitaryColonial
Typical Substrate TypeHard
Species Description
Nodules are upright and singular, sometimes forked. Color usually reddish-orange. Form colonies. Height to about 50 mm.
Species Habitat
Commonly encrusts blades of the giant kelp Macrocystis along the California coast.
Species Range
Low intertidal to 100 m subtidal; British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico.