How deep does the Sessile Hydrozoan live?

The Sessile Hydrozoan (Lafoea coalescens) is typically found at 25–256 m.

Sessile Hydrozoan

Lafoea coalescens

Group: Other
Typical depth: 25–256 m

This colonial hydroid favours deeper water, found along the offshore fore reef slope and on the tops of seamounts between about twenty five and 256 metres. Each colony is a shared network of minute polyps that strain food from the current.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Lafoeidae › Lafoea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 284975.

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How deep does the Sessile Hydrozoan live?: The Sessile Hydrozoan (Lafoea coalescens) is typically found at 25–256 m.