Aglaopheniidae Marktanner-Turneretscher 1890

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 10 seconds

Gymnangium gracilicaule is not the primary subject of the video clip; the primary subject is Antennarius pictus (Painted frogfish). Indo-Pacific, Duration 63 seconds

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 10 seconds

Aglaophemia struthloides, magnified.

Cladocarpus sigma, d'apres Bedot (Hirondelle).

Cladocarpus flexilis Verrill. A.Gonangla with protective branchlets.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 10 seconds

Aglaophemia struthoides.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

The nematocysts of this hydroid have a very potent sting; the ensuing rash can last for several days. Approach these colonies with care.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

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.

A closer view of two Aglaophenia plumes. The upper plume has corbulae with the reproductive gonophores.

This closeup of a plume shows the individual polyps in their hydrothecae (note some polyps are open and actively feeding while others are retracted). The large structures are a string of corbulae with the reproductive gonophores (and captive medusae) inside.

Aglaophenia sp. colony collected at 5 m depth off Sares Head. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, Jule 2006)