Aglaophenia pluma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Leptothecata |
| Family: | Aglaopheniidae |
| Genus: | Aglaophenia |
| Species: | A. pluma
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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
[edit]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
[edit]This species has a sting which may cause swelling of the affected area in humans.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Naomi A. H. Millard, 1975. Monograph on the Hydroida of Southern Africa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 68:1-513
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aglaophenia pluma (Linnaeus, 1758)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aglaophenia pluma.
- Photos of Aglaophenia pluma on Sealife Collection
Categories:
- Aglaopheniidae
- Cnidarians of the Atlantic Ocean
- Cnidarians of the Indian Ocean
- Cnidarians of the Pacific Ocean
- Cnidarians of the Caribbean Sea
- Fauna of the Dominican Republic
- Marine fauna of Africa
- Marine fauna of Asia
- Marine fauna of North America
- Marine fauna of South America
- Marine fauna of Southeast Asia
- Animals described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus