species: Unidentified haleciid hydroid 2 in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Lizard Island area: all known taxa > Animalia > Cnidaria > Medusozoa > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Leptothecata > Haleciidae > Unidentified haleciid hydroid 2 (gallery)

Unidentified haleciid hydroid 2

©Alexander Semenov: Magnified view of Unidentified haleciid hydroid 2 on reef slope or base between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group.

©Alexander Semenov: Unidentified haleciid hydroid 2 on reef slope or base between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group.

©Anne Hoggett: Unidentified haleciid hydroid 2 at North Direction Island near Lizard Island.

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Cnidaria

Class Hydrozoa

Order Leptothecata

Family Haleciidae

Species Unidentified haleciid hydroid 2

Colours

Colonies branch alternately with branches in a single plane. Polyps do not have a pinched "neck" as in Unidentified haleciid hydroid 1.