Bryozoa on Kelp

2013 - Walking along the coast all year round you can find kelp blades encrusted with Bryozoan colonies. Bryozoa colonies consist of individual filter feeding animals housed in separate container-like zooecia. 

Tubed Bryozoan (Tubulipora Pacifica)

A microscopic view of a small partial colony

Microscopic view of tubes

Here is a video of another microscopic creature we often see on the kelp

The sandcastle worm lives in a tube made of sand, here is a picture of it fully exposed. Scientists study the adhesive these worms use to make their sand tube dwellings that are unaffected by water.

Here is a video of some of its parts under a microscope.