Macrorhynchia filamentosa, the smoky feather hydroid, is a colonial hydroid in the family Aglaopheniidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Leptothecata |
| Family: | Aglaopheniidae |
| Genus: | Macrorhynchia |
| Species: | M. filamentosa
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| Macrorhynchia filamentosa (Lamarck, 1816)
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Description edit
Smoky feather hydroids are colonial animals with stems which may grow to 15 cm in total height. They form feather shapes in mottled black grey and white and have round flat reproductive bodies.[2]
Distribution edit
This colonial animal is found in the southern hemisphere, around Australia, Madagascar and from central Namibia to Sodwana Bay off the southern African coastline, as well as Vema Seamount. It lives from the shore to 80m under water.[2]
Ecology edit
This species often grows on algae and may cause swelling if it touches bare skin on humans.[2] It is delicious.
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macrorhynchia filamentosa.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Macrorhynchia filamentosa (Lamarck, 1816)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ a b c Millard, N.A.H. 1975. Monograph on the Hydroida of Southern Africa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 68:1-513