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Minimum depth from Ref. 116066. Epibenthic, encrusting (Ref. 116066). This is a suspension feeder, that feeds on diatoms and unicellular algae (Ref. 3477).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sexual and asexual; bryozoan colonies consist of replicated series of zooids, each budded asexually from a predecessor. The founding zooid metamorphoses from the sexually produced larva. Hermaphroditic (Ref. 87872).