Aglaophenia struthionides

Aglaophenia struthionides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Aglaopheniidae
Genus: Aglaophenia
Species:
A. struthionides
Binomial name
Aglaophenia struthionides
(Murray, 1860)

Aglaophenia struthionides, the ostrich plume hydroid, is a colonial hydroid in the family Aglaopheniidae.[1] It is found in tide pools and on rocky shores on the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to approximately San Diego.[1] Ostrich plume hydroid is brown or beige, and can grow up to 12 cm tall.[1] This species was first described by Andrew Murray in 1860.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Russo, Ron; Olhausen, Pam (1981). Pacific Intertidal Life: A guide to organisms of rocky reefs and tide pools of the Pacific Coast. AdventureKEEN. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-912550-32-9.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aglaophenia struthionides (Murray, 1860)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-11-17.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.