Coastally, it was found to be an important member of the Thyroscyphus hydrozoan community at Ft. Pierce Breakwater, or entangled in hydroids and algae at other coastal sites. B. klugei has also been collected from the drift algae Soliera tenera , a red algae common in Indian river Lagoon seagrass beds. Seagrasses as well as floating macroalgae , provide support for bryozoan colonies. In turn, bryozoans provide habitat for many species of juvenile fishes and their invertebrate prey such as polychaete worms, amphipods and copepods.
Bryozoans are ecologically important in the Indian River Lagoon due to their feeding method.
As suspension feeders, they act as living filters in the marine environment.