Diphasia tropica

Diphasia tropica Nutting, 1904

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Family:	Sertulariidae ()
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Environment:	sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 100 m
Distribution:	Western Atlantic.
Diagnosis:
Biology:	Minimum depth recorded from Belize (Ref. 87156) Colonial (Ref. 19). Known from caves and deeper coastal substrates (25- 100m) of the offshore fore-reef slope (Ref. 86643). found in Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, in reef crest on substrates composed of dead corals and gorgonians at a depth of 0.2 m. As with other hydroids, this species exhibits a pelagic medusoid stage (Ref. 87156).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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