Sessile Hydrozoan

Myrionema amboinense

• Group: Other

A colonial hydroid limited to shallow, sheltered water, it turns up in mangroves, quiet bays and the still pools of anchialine ponds. Its small polyps share a common base and strain food from calm water.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 117560.