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Miller hydractinia

Schuchertinia milleri

Classification

Schuchertinia milleri, commonly known as the Miller hydractinia, hedgehog hydroid or snail fur, is a small colonial hydroid in the family Hydractiniidae, found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It forms mat-like colonies on rocks, or sometimes on the mollusc shells occupied by hermit crabs. Taxonomy Harry Beal Torrey described the species in the much larger genus Hydractinia in 1902.

Distribution

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