Sessile Hydrozoan

Clytia paulensis

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 3–127 m

A colonial hydroid that grows attached to other hydroids and hard surfaces from a few metres down past a hundred. Each tiny polyp catches passing plankton with stinging tentacles, and the colony releases small medusae that drift off to spread the species.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Campanulariidae › Clytia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 117373.