How deep does the Sessile Hydrozoan live?

The Sessile Hydrozoan (Halecium dyssymetrum) is typically found at 2–100 m.

Sessile Hydrozoan

Halecium dyssymetrum

Group: Other
Typical depth: 2–100 m

A delicate branching hydroid that grows on hard bottoms from tidal inlets out to the offshore reef slope, ranging from about two metres down to a hundred. Its colony is built from many tiny polyps that share a common stem and feed on drifting plankton.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Haleciidae › Halecium

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 284722.

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How deep does the Sessile Hydrozoan live?: The Sessile Hydrozoan (Halecium dyssymetrum) is typically found at 2–100 m.