''Aglaophenia pluma'', the toothed feather hydroid or podded hydroid, is a colonial hydroid in the

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Aglaopheniidae Aglaopheniidae is a family of hydrozoans. Genera According to the World Register of Marine Species, these genera belong to this family: * ''Aglaophenia'' Lamouroux, 1812 * '' Aglaophenopsis'' Fewkes, 1881 * '' Carpocladus'' Vervoort & Watson, 2 ...

and is found worldwide. It lives from the shore to 120m under water.

Description

Toothed feather hydroids are upright colonial hydroids with stems which may grow to 3 cm in total height though the colony may be larger. They have unbranched yellow stems and reproductive bodies that resemble pine-cones.

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, 1975. Monograph on the Hydroida of Southern Africa. ''Ann. S. Afr. Mus.'' 68:1-513

Ecology

This species has a sting which may cause swelling of the affected area in humans.

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q2202802 Aglaopheniidae Cnidarians of the Atlantic Ocean Cnidarians of the Indian Ocean Cnidarians of the Pacific Ocean Cnidarians of the Caribbean Sea Fauna of the Dominican Republic Marine fauna of Africa Marine fauna of Asia Marine fauna of North America Marine fauna of South America Marine fauna of Southeast Asia Animals described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus