Species Gallery (Hydrozoa)
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Aglaophenia kirchenpaueri on a subtidal rock.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Aquarium photograph of colonies with gonothecae.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Illuminated image of Clava multicornis.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Underwater, close-up of Cordylophora caspia.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Cordylophora caspia colony present under an overhang.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close-up of Cordylophora caspia.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Corymorpha nutans specimen, approximately 1 cm height.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Corymorpha nutans on shelly sand.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
The sea-fir Dynamena pumila attached to an intertidal fucoid.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Clumps of Dynamena pumila growing amongst holdfasts.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The sea-fir Dynamena pumila attached to an intertidal fucoid.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Gymnangium montagui.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Gymnangium montagui at St. James Stone, Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Gymnangium montagui.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Gymnangium montagui at Firestone.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Gymnangium montagui at Hand Deeps sideways view.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Gymnangium montagui at Hand Deeps.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up view of Gymnangium montagui at an aquarium.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Plumes of Gymnangium montagui
Copyright: Sue Daly
Sea fir Halicium halecinum and feather star Antedon bifida.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Halecium halecinum at Firestone, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Halecium halecinum at Mewstone, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of large branching Hartlaubella gelatinosa.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hydractinia echinata on the carapace of a hermit crab.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hermit crab with Hydractinia echinata growth on its shell.
Copyright: Paul Newland
The plumose hydroid Kirchenpaueria pinnata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Kirchenpaueria pinnata on muddy sand.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
An attached hydroid found in a littoral rockpool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
An attached hydroid found in a littoral rockpool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Laomedea angulata on seagrass.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Nemertesia antennina
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Nemertesia antennina
Copyright: Paul Newland
Nemertesia antennina at Mewstone, Plymouth.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Nemertesia antennina close up.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Colony with feeding nudibranchs.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Nemertesia ramosa hydroid colonies at the Runnelstone, Cornwall
Copyright: Paul Newland
Nemertesia ramosa colony.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Nemertesia ramosa.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Obelia dichotoma on side of rock.
Copyright: Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
Pachycordyle michaeli on Ruppia, Goesse Meer, The Netherlands.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
Line drawing of Pachycordyle michaeli.
Copyright: Dr R.S.K. Barnes
Floating pneumatophore of a live colony of Physalia physalis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Dead remains of Physalia physalis washed up on a beach.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The glassy plume hydroid Plumularia setacea
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Plumularia setacea with gonothecae
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The bottlebrush hydroid Thuiaria thuja.
Copyright: Chris Wood
Thuiaria thuja on rocky substrate.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
The bottlebrush hydroid Thuiaria thuja on rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Group of Tubularia indivisa on rock, St Kilda.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Tubularia indivisa bearing reproductive bodies in Lyme Bay, Devon.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Tubularia indivisa experiencing relatively strong currents.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Tubularia indivisa heads over a dark background.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tubularia indivisa patch at Firestone.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Oaten pipes hydroid.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tatty looking Tubularia indivisa individuals.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Velella velella being washed ashore.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Velella velella stranded on a sandy shore.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Velella velella stranded on the shore.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Velella velella washed ashore.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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