Sessile Hydrozoan

Amphisbetia distans

• Group: Other

A delicate branching hydroid that grows in feathery tufts on seagrass blades in shallow tropical beds. Each colony is a shared structure of tiny polyps, and like its kin it releases free swimming medusae to spread its young through the water.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1341823.