Sessile Hydrozoan

Orthopyxis sargassicola

• Group: Other

A colonial hydroid that grows in branching tufts, this species clings to mangroves, bay ledges and drifting Sargassum weed at the surface. Each tiny polyp catches plankton from the passing water.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Campanulariidae › Orthopyxis

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 225737.