> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: [Bryozoa (Ectoprocta)](Bryozoa%20(Ectoprocta).md)
**Subphylum**::
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: Gymnolaemata
**Subclass**::
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Cheilostomatida
**Suborder**:: Neocheilostomatina
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Adeonidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Reptadeonella
**Species**:: R. violacea
**Vernacular**:: Black encrusting bryozoan
## Photos
*[127 - 2023-05-17 - Labyrinthe de Zeus - Epidaurus - Greece](127%20-%202023-05-17%20-%20Labyrinthe%20de%20Zeus%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - This is that black spot, about 1cm², found under a rock. I know, it's not a very exciting animal* 😄
## Notes
Photophile species, it doesn't looks like any other, so it's easy to identify it.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Reptadeonella-violacea-Bryozoaire-encroutant-noir-622
- [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p315