Bryozoans may look superficially like coral. The zooids are typically much smaller than coral polyps, so the pores are much smaller on bryozoa than the calyx on coral. On a coral, you usually can see ...

Earlier this year, mass amounts of them were spotted in an reservoir in Oklahoma, sparking conspiracies of ‘alien egg pods’. Bryozoans are clumps of creatures known as zooids, they are a ...

Scanning electron micrograph of zooids of Watersipora grandis, a fossil cheilostome bryozoan. The specimen originates from the Pliocene Pinecrest Beds in Sarasota, Florida, North America. The ...

The Antarctic bryozoan, Lageneschara lyrulata. This scanning electron micrograph shows the calcium carbonate skeleton of a portion of a colony. Focus: investigating the potential impacts of marine ...