Flustra foliacea, Print, Flustra foliacea is a species of bryozoans found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is a colonial animal that is frequently mistaken for a seaweed. Colonies begin as encrusting mats, and only produce loose fronds after their first year of growth. They may reach 20 cm (8 in) long, and smell like lemons. Its microscopic structure was examined by Robert Hooke and illustrated in his 1665 work Micrographia.

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Caption: Flustra foliacea, Print, Flustra foliacea is a species of bryozoans found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is a colonial animal that is frequently mistaken for a seaweed. Colonies begin as encrusting mats, and only produce loose fronds after their first year of growth. They may reach 20 cm (8 in) long, and smell like lemons. Its microscopic structure was examined by Robert Hooke and illustrated in his 1665 work Micrographia.

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Keywords: 1665 WORK MICROGRAPHIA • 8 • BRYOZOANS • COLONIAL ANIMAL • COLONIES BEGIN • EIGHT • ENCRUSTING MATS • EXAMINED • FIRST YEAR • FIVE SENSES: SMELL • FLUSTRA FOLIACEA • FREQUENTLY MISTAKEN • GROWTH • ILLUSTRATED • LEMONS • LONG • MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE • NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN • ODOR • ODOUR • OLFACTION • PRINT • PRODUCE LOOSE FRONDS • REACH 20 CM • ROBERT HOOKE • SEAWEED • SENSE OF SMELL • SENSES: SMELL • SMELL SENSE • SMELL • SPECIES •  SMELL