> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: [Bryozoa (Ectoprocta)](Bryozoa%20(Ectoprocta).md)
**Subphylum**::
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: Gymnolaemata
**Subclass**::
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Cheilostomatida
**Suborder**:: Flustrina
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Bitectiporidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Pentapora
**Species**:: P. fascialis
**Vernacular**:: Rose coral
## Photos
[136 - 2023-07-23 - La Balise - Saint Cyr - France](136%20-%202023-07-23%20-%20La%20Balise%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - It has colonized an [Eunicella cavolini - Yellow gorgonian](Eunicella%20cavolini%20-%20Yellow%20gorgonian.md) and on it, a [Pagurus anachoretus - Hermit crab](Pagurus%20anachoretus%20-%20Hermit%20crab.md). But I don't know what is the red thing on the individual. I think of an algae, but I'm really not sure.
*[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - I'm really impressed by this picture. We can see so much things in just one frame and it witnesses how hard it is for animals to find a place on the substrate to keep living. There's [Diplosoma spongiforme - Jelly-synascidian](Diplosoma%20spongiforme%20-%20Jelly-synascidian.md), on a P. fascialis, on a [Eunicella cavolini - Yellow gorgonian](Eunicella%20cavolini%20-%20Yellow%20gorgonian.md), on a [Crambe crambe - Orange-red encrusting sponge](Crambe%20crambe%20-%20Orange-red%20encrusting%20sponge.md), with a [Halocynthia papillosa - Red seasquirt](Halocynthia%20papillosa%20-%20Red%20seasquirt.md) and some [Parazoanthus axinellae - Yellow encrusting anemone](Parazoanthus%20axinellae%20-%20Yellow%20encrusting%20anemone.md) on the [Lithophyllum spp. - Stone-leaf](Lithophyllum%20spp.%20-%20Stone-leaf.md) background. Woooosh!*
## Notes
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Pentapora-fascialis-Rose-de-mer-mediterraneenne-114/(rOffset)/0
- [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p323