divepix - Feather Bush Hydroid

Feather Bush Hydroid

Aspect:	A scraggly, ungainly structure that generally develops into a bush of main and subranches from which herringbone-like secondary branches grow to bear straight rows of tiny polyps.
Population:	Relatively common, but often goes unnoticed.
Notable feature:	Main stems and branches are often heavily colonised by zoanthids of various types and colour.
Environment:	Open areas with current to catch plankton (but also all maner of other particles that can make the bush look somewhat untidy.
Behaviour:	Urticant.