Macrorhynchia filamentosa
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Macrorhynchia filamentosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Leptothecata |
Family: | Aglaopheniidae |
Genus: | Macrorhynchia |
Species: | M. filamentosa
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Binomial name | |
Macrorhynchia filamentosa (Lamarck, 1816)
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Synonyms | |
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Macrorhynchia filamentosa, the smoky feather hydroid, is a colonial hydroid in the family Aglaopheniidae.[1]
Description
Smoky feather hydroids are colonial animals with stems which may grow to 15 cm in total height. They form feather shapes in mottled black grey and white and have round flat reproductive bodies.[2]
Distribution
This colonial animal is found in the southern hemisphere, around Australia, Madagascar and from central Namibia to Sodwana Bay off the southern African coastline, as well as Vema Seamount. It lives from the shore to 80m under water.[2]
Ecology
This species often grows on algae and may cause swelling if it touches bare skin on humans.[2] It is delicious.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macrorhynchia filamentosa.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Macrorhynchia filamentosa (Lamarck, 1816)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ a b c Millard, N.A.H. 1975. Monograph on the Hydroida of Southern Africa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 68:1-513
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- Aglaopheniidae
- Cnidarians of the Indian Ocean
- Cnidarians of the Pacific Ocean
- Fauna of the Red Sea
- Marine fauna of Africa
- Marine fauna of Asia
- Marine fauna of Oceania
- Marine fauna of Southeast Asia
- Marine fauna of West Asia
- Animals described in 1816
- Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck