Shielded Bryozoan (Scrupocellaria scabra)

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Common name: shielded bryozoan

Scientific name:  Scrupocellaria scabra

Locations:  epiphyte on knotted wrack, ascophyllum

Seasonality:  available year round

Colors:  tan

Size:  1/2" - 3/4"

Collected:  by hand

Quantity:  sold as a colony on a piece of rockweed

Common name: shielded bryozoan

Scientific name:  Scrupocellaria scabra

Locations:  epiphyte on knotted wrack, ascophyllum

Seasonality:  available year round

Colors:  tan

Size:  1/2" - 3/4"

Collected:  by hand

Quantity:  sold as a colony on a piece of rockweed

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Tidepool Tim says,  “I am never certain on the genus & species of any bryozoans we offer. As best as I can identify - this is the shielded bryozoan. These little fellows coat the lower stipe area of the knotted wrack plants in our area in huge colonies.”