Bythotiara huntsmani  (Tunicate Siphon Hydroid)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #58563)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Sechelt Inlet, BC
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	marine, subtidal
Photo Date
Upload Date	January 02, 2014
Elevation (m)	-30
Latitude	49.56785
Longitude	-123.804333333333
Photo ID #	58563
Comments	Tunicate siphon hydroid. This unusual commensal hydroid grows in a ring just inside the incurrent siphon of the sea vase tunicate Ciona savignyi. There it is ideally situated to feed on plankton drawn in by the tunicate.