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How long can a bryozoan colony live?
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Eurystomella bilabiata, a moss animal from the Order Cheilostomata.
A bryozoan colony typically lives for a few months or a couple of years. However, because these invertebrate colonies grow through a process of continual budding, they can be theoretically immortal, with their lifespan terminated only by some form of catastrophe.1