Plumulariidae () |
25 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 370 m |
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Temperate and subtropical. |
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Known from shallow coastal benthic habitats (< 25m), deeper coastal substrates (25-100m) of the offshore fore-reef slope, Banks and upper slope (> 100m), tops of Challenger and Argus seamounts (Ref. 86643). Also found in Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, in patch reefs, mangrove islands, Thalassia sp. beds, reef crest, low spur and groove zones, sand trough, outer ridge and fore-reef slopes on algae, Thalassia sp. blades, mangrove roots, floating Sargassum sp. and substrates composed of dead corals and gorgonians at depths of 0 to 31m. As with other hydroids, this species exhibits a pelagic medusoid stage (Ref. 87156). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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Known from Puerto Montt to Peninsula Taitao and Golfo de Penas to southern Strait of Magellan (Ref. 87801). C: Ref. 87801; O: Ref. 87801. |
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