Bushy Hydroid

Symplectoscyphus subdichotomus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 2–240 m

Despite the bushy plant like look, this is a colony of tiny hydroid polyps sharing a branching skeleton. It grows on hard surfaces such as mollusc shells from about 2 metres down to 240, each polyp catching drifting prey with stinging tentacles.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Symplectoscyphidae › Symplectoscyphus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 174552.