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Pink Encrusting Hydrocoral
Stylantheca papillosa
48.1679, -123.708
Field Notes
Description:
From a distance Stylantheca papillosa looks like an encrusting algae or sponge, but on closer examination you can see that the pore like structures covering the organism are not like a sponges pores. It has a calcareous skeleton. The pores are where it feeds from (gastrozooids) and has a highly developed defense mechanism.
Habitat:
Spotted in a tide pool at low tide at Tongue point Marine Sanctuary.
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Stylantheca papillosa
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
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