Sessile Hydrozoan

Clytia macrotheca

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 1–5 m

A colonial hydroid that grows in low feathery tufts on hard surfaces in bays and nearshore shallows down to about five metres. Colonies turn up in mangroves, along ledges at bay mouths, and in caves, releasing tiny free swimming medusae that scatter the next generation.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 284376.