little seabristle

Plumularia setacea

Classification

Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Plumulariidae

Plumularia setacea, the plumed hydroid or little sea bristle, is a colonial hydrozoan in the family Plumulariidae and is found worldwide. It lives from the shore to 430m under water. Description Plumed hydroids are creamy yellow to brown and have feathery stems.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 135France · 5Netherlands · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPlumularia setacea, Wikipedia contributors

little seabristle

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