APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- zooids 1

Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- zooids 2

Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- zooids 3

Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- zooids 4

Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- colony under rock 1

Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- colony under rock 2

Specimen above found on an extra low water spring, ELWS, on the extreme lowershore, under a rock, at Albert Pier Reef, Penzance, Cornwall. 22.01.15. Material was sent to and was identified by Joanne Porter, important because the species was only previously known from the Isles of Scilly in the UK. An Onchidoris species of sea slug was feeding on this bryozoan, it is thought the species might be O. sparsa, but the nudibranch will be DNA tested to discover its true identity.

Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- under rock on lowershore 1

Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- under rock on lowershore 2

Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- lateral view zoarium dome 1

Orange peel bryozoan
Turbicellepora magnicostata
- close-up zooids 1

Specimen above is more typical in that it was found under rocks and boulders on the lowershore at Porthcressa, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. 16.05.14.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.