How deep does the Sessile Hydrozoan live?

The Sessile Hydrozoan (Monostaechas quadridens) is typically found at 15–542 m.

Sessile Hydrozoan

Monostaechas quadridens

Group: Other
Typical depth: 15–542 m

A branching hydroid of Caribbean reefs, it grows on dead coral and gorgonians on sandy bottoms from around twelve to twenty seven metres. Like other hydroids it spends part of its life as a free swimming medusa drifting in the plankton.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Halopterididae › Monostaechas

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 117635.

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How deep does the Sessile Hydrozoan live?: The Sessile Hydrozoan (Monostaechas quadridens) is typically found at 15–542 m.