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Family: Styelidae
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Bocas Species Database Habitat: On pvc plates and magrove habitat. Very common in marinas. Distribution: Florida, Bermuda, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Guadaloupe, Bonaire, Curaçao, Marguerita, Aruba, St, Martin, Martinica, Colombia, Brazil, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Morocco, Cape Verde, Angola, South Africa, Madagascar, Australia, Polynesia, Mariana Is., México. Depth: 0.5 m Characteristics: The coloration pattern of the colony is very distinguished: a line of orange or yellow pigment in horseshoe shape connect the siphons against a dark purple background. The zooids has approximately 12 rows of stigmata, 9-10 folds on the stomach wall and a short and large pyloric caecum. There are 6-9 male folicles. |