Feeding. Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 11/15/08. Peter J. Bryant

Bryozoan

Watersipora subtorquata

Exotic species, in Newport Beach first collected in 2001

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Young colony. On dock at Lido Island, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8/4/15. © Peter J. Bryant

Feeding (Click for video). On dock at Back Bay Science Center, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 5/22/15. © Peter J. Bryant

Older colony. On dock at Lido Island, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8/3/15. © Peter J. Bryant

Zooecia showing the characteristically shaped black opercula, each with two white patches, and the fine black lines separating the zooecia. Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 11/15/08. Peter J. Bryant

On dock at Balboa Island, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8/11/15. © Peter J. Bryant

Liberation of coronate larva (Click for video). On dock at Back Bay Science Center, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 5/22/15. © Peter J. Bryant

Coronate larva (Click for video). On dock at Back Bay Science Center, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 5/22/15. © Peter J. Bryant