Sessile Hydrozoan

Sertularella tenella

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 18–2297 m

This delicate hydroid forms colonies on hard bottoms in deeper water, recorded between roughly 18 and nearly 2,300 metres. Its small polyps sit in cup shaped guards and extend tentacles to capture drifting plankton.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Sertularellidae › Sertularella

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 117909.