sea mat

The shetch shows the sea mat in greater detail.

Bryozoa are known informally as moss animals or sea mats.

Bryozoa: sea mats or moss animals (sometimes they look like corals)

Some are flat, overlaying seaweed fronds ('sea mat') whereas others are flexible, waving in the currents.

Bryozoa (a phylum within the animal subkingdom Eumetazoa, the moss animals or sea mats)

Flustrina is a suborder under the order Cheilostomata of gymnolaematan Bryozoa (sea mats).

Scrupocellaria prolata is a species of gymnolaematan Bryozoa (sea mats) first described from the Queensland coast.

Victorella pavida or trembling sea mat is a bryozoan found in shallow waters of low or fluctuating salinity, such as lagoons and estuaries.

Zoanthus sociatus (commonly known as the green sea mat or button polyp) is a zoanthid usually found in shallow reef zones of tropical regions from Caribbean to southeastern Brazil.

It is of scientific importance as it is one of the few locations that has the perfect salinity for the growth of the trembling sea mat (Victorella pavida), a bryozoan.