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Lacy crust covering a kelp holdfast.
Tidepool Tim says, “Lacy crust is one of the prettiest organisms you will see in tidepools, in kelp beds, or even washed up on the shores. This animal grows as a colony with new growth emerging at the lateral edges of the white colony. Since some kelp plants grow for many years, sometimes this bryozoan can be 12" in diameter. I have seen thousands of these over the years and still, they command my attention every time I see a new one.”
