Aglaophenia pluma
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Aglaophenia pluma, the toothed feather hydroid or podded hydroid, is a colonial hydroid in the family Aglaopheniidae and is found worldwide. It lives from the shore to 120m under water.{{Cite web|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aglaophenia pluma (Linnaeus, 1758)|url=http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117283|access-date=2021-01-18|website=marinespecies.org}}
Description
Toothed feather hydroids are upright colonial hydroids with stems which may grow to 3 cm in total height though the colony may be larger. They have unbranched yellow stems and reproductive bodies that resemble pine-cones.Naomi A. H. Millard, 1975. Monograph on the Hydroida of Southern Africa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 68:1-513
Ecology
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