Hydroid

Bimeria vestita

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–25 m

A colonial hydroid of shallow coastal habitats, tidal inlets, sounds and caves, growing on dead coral and gorgonians. It often perches on other hydroids and, like its kin, releases a tiny drifting medusa stage.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Anthoathecata › Bougainvilliidae › Bimeria

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 117320.