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Aglaophenia latirostris; Ostrich-plume Hydroid   

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Aglaophenia latirostris
Aglaophenia latirostris
Ostrich-plume Hydroid
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 2299 (2005-05-29)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  between 1980 and 1986
  • latitude 36.81856   longitude -121.79270   max error distance 26012 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Plumulariidae
  • order Hydroida
  • class Hydrozoa
  • habitat  Subtidal
  • notes   This view shows the tiny, extended, feeding polyps that are surrounded by defensive tentacles especially rich in nematocysts. Reproductive structures are enclosed in the swollen orange corbula. From a floating dock, Monterey Harbor.
  • camera   Olympus system for macrophotography
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Ostrich-plume Hydroid (photographer)
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