Aglaophenia pluma

Aglaophenia pluma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Hydrozoa
Order:Leptothecata
Family:Aglaopheniidae
Genus:Aglaophenia
Species: A. pluma
Binomial name
Aglaophenia pluma
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Sertularia pluma Linnaeus, 1758
  • Plumularia pluma (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Plumularia cristata Lamarck, 1816

Aglaophenia pluma, the toothed feather hydroid or podded hydroid, is a colonial hydroid in the family Aglaopheniidae and is found worldwide. It lives from the shore to 120m under water.[1][2]

Description

Toothed feather hydroids are upright colonial hydroids with stems which may grow to 3 cm in total height though the colony may be larger. They have unbranched yellow stems and reproductive bodies that resemble pine-cones.[1]

Ecology

This species has a sting which may cause swelling of the affected area in humans.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Millard, N.A.H. 1975. Monograph on the Hydroida of Southern Africa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 68:1-513
  2. ↑ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117283 accessed 4 September 2013
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