Morphology:
Haplopoma planum is an encrusting bryozoan that forms small patch-like colonies. Autozooids are oval to rhomboidal and larger than the autozooids of other Haplopoma species.
Distribution:
Haplopoma planum ranges from Shetland and western Norway to the Arctic.
Habitat:
The species is able to colonise stones, shells and the cold-water coral Lophelia. It occurs in subtidal waters at depths greater than 50 m.
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