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Hippellozoon novaezelandiae

Peter Marriott, Ocean Survey 20/20 – Bay of Islands
This pink lacey specimen is Hippellozoon novaezelandiae (Waters, 1895) and was collected in the Bay of Islands at 117 m deep. It is in the phylum Bryozoa, aptly sometimes known as lace coral for obvious reasons.