Size
Colony height: reaching 6cm (2.5") tall
Recognition Characters
Colonies consist of conspicuously jointed stalks of elongated uniserial kenozooids from which flabellate branches of zooids arise just below the joints. Number of spines per zooid is related to position within the fan: outer zooids of fan margin possess four spines; lateral zooids of inner bifurcations bear two to three spines; inner zooids of bifurcations are spineless. Macroscopically fanned bryozoan.
Color
White to tannish white
Habitat & Depth
Attach to reefs, wrecks, buoys and floating debris. To 22m.
Distribution at GRNMS
Rare.
Geographic Range
North Carolina to Florida
Behavior & Notes
Grows in tiny colonies on rocks, barnacles, and other substrates.
Synonyms
Maturo 1966