Stinging hydroid
19 Oct 2015 by Evoluted New Media
An expedition to the Philippines revealed more than 100 marine species new to science.
Over the course of seven weeks, the team – from the California Academy of Science – collected specimens including sea slugs, barnacles, and heart urchins. This image shows stinging hydroids – Aglaophenia cupressina – that belongs to the marine hydroid family Aglaopheniidae.
Credit: Gary Williams/California Academy of Sciences
