Bryozoa Collection

Ozarkodina remscheiddensis eosteinhornensis
An element of the conodont Ozarkodina remscheiddensis eosteinhornensis. Conodonts are thought to have been worm-like marine vertebrates

Bugulina avicularia (Flustra avicularis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London

Porella compressa (Millepora compressa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London

Bryozoa moss animals: Cristatella mucedo 1-5, 10-12, Plumatella repens 6-8 and fungoid bryosoan, Plumatella fungosa 9. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art

Selenaria maculata, bryozoa
An Australian, free living, bryozoan colony capable of walking along the sea floor. With about 2000 members the colony is some 12mm across

Fungia, coral
Fungia is a free-living scleractinian coral. In this large example, almost 10 cm in diameter, from the Pleistocene of Yemen

Archimedes swallovanus, bryozoan
Fossil bryozoan dating from the Carboniferous rocks, Mississippian, Golconda Fm. Marigold, Illinois, U.S.A

Plaster models of conodonts
From top left Ancyrodella, Gnathodus, Polygnathus, Cavusgnathus, Polygnathoides and Oistodus. These models were produced by Christain Hurfurth under the direction of Dr Klaus Muller

Hexagonella, bryozoan
A 5 cm long branch of Hexagonella from the Permian of Australia. This cystoporate bryozoan has polygonal subcolonies bounded by ridges

Chasmatopora furcata eichwald, bryozoan
This bryozoa specimen is 470-458 million years old, dating from the Middle Ordovician period, Kuckersits, Estonia

Spiral axis of Archimedes, bryozoan
Archimedes, was a bryozoan possibly living in association with an alga. From the Lower Carboniferous limestone, Iowa, USA. c. 350-330 million years old

Fenestrellina plebeia, net bryozoan
A net bryozoan (colonial organisms) from the Carboniferous of North of Wales. In this specimen, the colony measures 6 cms across

Lophopus cristallinus, freshwater bryozoan
A freshwater bryozoan collected from the west coast of Norfolk it is an example of one of 11 freshwater bryozoans found in the U.K

A bryozoan colony
Scanning electron microscope image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Hallopora, bryozoan
Branch, 15 mm high, of the trepostome bryozoan Hallopora, a genus particularly common in the Silurian which had bushy colonies when alive

Actinopora disticha, bryozoan
Scanning electron micrograph of a fossil cyclostome bryozoan from the Cretaceous Chalk, Santonian, Kent

Meliceritites semiclausa, bryozoan
Branching colony of a fossil cyclostome bryozoan. Specimen originates from the Lower Cretaceous Faringdon Sponge Gravel, Faringdon, Oxfordshire

Wilbertopora woodwardi (Brydone), bryozoan
Scanning electron micrograph of a fossil cheilostome bryozoan. Specimen originates from the Upper Cretaceous Chalk, West Mean Station, Hampshire, U.K

Aspidelectra melolontha, bryozoan
Scanning electron micrograph. Zooids of a bleached colony of a modern cheilostome bryozoan. A recent specimen from Sheppey, Kent

Ptilodictya lanceolata (Goldfuss), bryozoan
Curved-shaped frond of a fossil cryptostome bryozoan on a block with a brachiopod. Specimen originates from the Silurian Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, West Midlands

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