Here is a picture of bryzoan that one normally finds out on the ground without the mesh that I assume filtered the water for food.
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Below is an Archimedes spiral bryzoan that has some of its filter mesh still attached. It was preserved in a rock so I took some close up pictures.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKZN53gIEwsPIoVl3CAXae_6mF9Sf7oWC5ec5PStRuUSo8DfBUGSFpOtPO9jyS3KinDvSI-0Dk1ZlSnA9RGvedZumB-_5lCKOwqSTEqY6oX3jNVSLhJr-pBkvmKmPx3JjLQuObQ/s400/long+view+of+archimedes.jpg)
This picture is at the bottom of the spiral and you can see a fragment of the mesh better.
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This looks like a wonderful creature geometrical and would have been neat to see when it was alive.
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Picture taken horizontal to show the spiral branches with their remaining mesh fragments.
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Another angle view of the bottom mesh layer.
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