Synonyms: Membranipora chesapeakensis.
"The colonies of Conopeum chesapeakensis are tan-colored, erect, branching, tubular structures, with the branches widening into flat ribbons near their tips. Branches of the colony are cylindrical, comprised of four or more rows of zooids, and arise from flat fronds comprised of two layers. The cylindrical portion expands along its length, becoming a two-layered ribbon or frond, with 20 or more rows of zooids. The colony is composed of autozooids, with no specialized forms. The colony is lightly calcified. Autozooids are arranged in quincunxes (patterns like the five in dice), with the zooids in each row offset from its neighbors to the side. The zooids of the two layers share their basal cuticle and develop in unison, but are also offset, so that the lateral wall between two zooids in a row on one side of the colony lies adjacent to the midpoint of a zooid on the opposite side. There are no spines, ovicells, or avicularia. The polypide has 14 tentacles. This bryozoan is characteristic of hard substrates and seagrasses in brackish water (description from: Banta et al. 1995; Winston and Hayward 2012)" (Fofonoff et al., 2003).
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