How deep does the Sickle Hydroid live?

The Sickle Hydroid (Hydrallmania falcata) is typically found at 3–2200 m.

Sickle Hydroid

Hydrallmania falcata

Group: Other
Typical depth: 3–2200 m

The sickle hydroid grows in colonies on fine sandy bottoms, found across a wide range from about 3 metres to well over 2,000 metres. Each branch curves like a sickle and lifts rings of polyps to strain food from the current.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Sertulariidae › Hydrallmania

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 117890.

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How deep does the Sickle Hydroid live?: The Sickle Hydroid (Hydrallmania falcata) is typically found at 3–2200 m.