Bryozoan Colony with Extended Lophophores
An unstained bright field light micrograph capturing a bryozoan colony. Individual zooids are shown with their tentacle-like lophophores extended for feeding, demonstrating this aquatic invertebrate’s unique filter-feeding mechanism.
Host: Bryozoan
Host Tissue: Whole Animal
Photographer / Illustrator: Stephen Atkinson
Image Type: Light Micrograph (Bright Field, Unstained)