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Not Corals! But Still Stinging-Celled Animals: The Hydrozoans, Part 3

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by Bob Fenner  

Genus Pennaria:

Pennaria disticha Goldfuss 1820. Cosmopolitan in tropical, temperate seas. To 12 cm. in height. Urn-shaped polyps are born on upper sides of immediately alternating branches. N. Sulawesi and Nuka Hiva, Marquesas images. 

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Genus Ralpharia:

Ralpharia gorgonia, Solitary Gorgonian Hydroid. Size: 1/4-1 in. diameter. Singular pink to white polyps with thin, clearish tentacles. Usually found attached to sea fans, particularly Sea Plume tips (Pseudopterogorgia). Cozumel pic by Di. 

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Genus Sertularella:

Sertularella speciosa, Branching Hydroid. Branches alternate in single plane per stalk, with white polyps alternating. Mostly 1", but up to several inches in length in places. Solitary or colonial; found in caves or attached to underhangs. Worldwide in tropical seas. At right in the Grand Turks.

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Genus Thyroscyphus:

Thyroscyphus ramosus, the Algae Hydroid. Uneven alternately arrayed branches, often covered by algae. "Clean" in St. Lucia, and more typical appearance in Belize and a close-up in Cozumel.

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