Filigree Hydroid

Symplectoscyphus filiformis

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 7–38 m

A fine threadlike hydroid, this species grows attached to shells and sponges between seven and thirty eight metres. Its slender colonies extend tiny polyps to feed on plankton drifting by.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Leptothecata › Symplectoscyphidae › Symplectoscyphus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 285654.