Red Stickhydroid

Eudendrium carneum

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–20 m

This colonial hydroid grows in reddish branching tufts on rocks and harbour structures from the intertidal down to about 20 metres. Each tiny polyp spreads a ring of tentacles to snare passing plankton, and the colony turns up in tidal inlets, sounds and shallow caves.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Anthoathecata › Eudendriidae › Eudendrium

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 117545.