Family: |
Eudendriidae () |
Max. size: |
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Environment: |
sessile; marine; depth range 8 - 300 m |
Distribution: |
Circumglobal. Tropical to polar. |
Diagnosis: |
Colonies strongly fascicled; complementary nematocysts microbasic euryteles; female blastostyles and male blastostyles unreduced, mature eggs scattered along pedicel thickened by perisarc (Ref. 3086). |
Biology: |
Associated with brown algae Sargassum muticum and Halidrys siliquosa on hard bottom (Ref. 120410). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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