How deep does the Feather Plume Hydroid live?

The Feather Plume Hydroid (Aglaophenia latecarinata) is typically found at 0–516 m.

Feather Plume Hydroid

Aglaophenia latecarinata

Group: Other
Typical depth: 0–516 m

A feathery hydroid that grows in plume shaped colonies, it drifts attached to floating sargassum and other surfaces from the surface down to about five hundred metres. Each tiny polyp on the plume catches plankton with stinging tentacles.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Aglaopheniidae › Aglaophenia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 117278.

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How deep does the Feather Plume Hydroid live?: The Feather Plume Hydroid (Aglaophenia latecarinata) is typically found at 0–516 m.