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Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
Seagrass hydroid
awaiting identification*
updated Dec 2019

Where seen? Tiny feathery creatures that grow on the leaf blades of seagrasses.

Features: 0.5cm long or shorter. Growing in rows on the leaf blades of seagrasses. Usually translucent beige or white.

Pulau Semakau, Dec 08
On Tape seagrass.

Pulau Hantu, Feb 08
On Tape seagrass.

Changi, Oct 10
On Spoon seagrass.

*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, the animals are grouped by external features for convenience of display.


Seagrass hydroids on Singapore shores
On wildsingapore flickr
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