plume hydroid

Aglaophenia tubulifera

Classification

Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Aglaopheniidae

Aglaophenia latecarinata, the feather plume hydroid, is a colonial hydrozoan species in the family Aglaopheniidae. This species was first described by Irish zoologist George Allman in 1877. Description Aglaophenia latecarinata forms delicate, branching colonies that are characteristic of the genus Aglaophenia.

Distribution

plume hydroid — (c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bernard Picton · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 101France · 9Germany · 6

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bernard Picton · CC-BY DescriptionAglaophenia latecarinata, Wikipedia contributors

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