It is found year-round along the coast. The reproductive season of this species has not been well documented. Ovicells are large and found embedded in the distal zooid. They are generally outlined by a beaded border, with a longitudinal groove down the front. The orifice of the ovicell is transversely elongate and separate from the orifice of the fertile zooid.
Embryos are pink to pink-red in color.
As V. contei is found year-round along the Florida coast and is thus eurythermal . V. contei is typically collected at sites where salinity averages over 30 . V. contei is highly cryptic in its habitat preferences and occurs principally in the roots of hydroids such as Thyroscyphus and Endendrium . It also is found growing on sponges, rocks, breakwaters, and attached to Sargassum . Seagrasses as well as floating macroalgae , provide support for bryozoan colonies.