How deep does the Sessile Hydrozoan live?

The Sessile Hydrozoan (Diphasia tropica) is typically found at 0–100 m.

Sessile Hydrozoan

Diphasia tropica

Group: Other
Typical depth: 0–100 m

A colonial hydroid of caves and deeper reef slopes, it grows on dead coral and gorgonians from the reef crest down to around a hundred metres. Each colony buds off small drifting medusae that carry the species to new ground.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Sertulariidae › Diphasia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 285431.

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How deep does the Sessile Hydrozoan live?: The Sessile Hydrozoan (Diphasia tropica) is typically found at 0–100 m.