Lace Coral
Scientific name: Triphyllozoon moniliferum
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White Lace Coral, Triphyllozoon moniliferum, together with purple Lodictyum phoeniceum
Image: Dr Isobel Bennett
© Australian Museum
© Australian Museum
Fast Facts
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Classification
- Genus
- Triphyllozoon
- Species
- moniliferum
- Family
- Phidoloporidae
- Phylum
- Bryozoa
- Kingdom
- Animalia
Introduction
Lace corals are sometimes found washed up on beaches after storms.
Identification
This bryozoan forms hardened fan-like lace structures. The colony is attached to rocks and grows in the form of folded lace-like sheets.
