Silky Medusa [Colobonema sericeum]
Description
Divers may spot this delicate hydrozoan as a soft, silky-looking plume that drifts with the current. Its feathery appearance can look almost like underwater hair, often attached to a substrate or living close to it. With a bit of patience, you can watch the tentacles and fine filaments sway as water moves past.
Where To See Silky Medusa
No sighting locations recorded yet.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Cnidarians
Cnidaria
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|---|---|
| Class |
Hydroids
Hydrozoa
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| Order |
Thick-skinned jellyfish (Trachymedusae)
Trachymedusae
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| Family |
Rhopalonematidae
Rhopalonematidae
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| Genus |
Silky Medusa
Colobonema
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