Zyzzyzus rubusidaeus  (Raspberry Hydroid)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #58565)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Weynton Passage, BC
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	marine, subtidal
Photo Date	March 25, 2010
Upload Date	January 02, 2014
Elevation (m)	-20
Latitude	50.5883166666667
Longitude	-126.8341
Photo ID #	58565
Comments	Raspberry hydroid. This attractive hydroid was described in 2013 by Anita Brinckmann-Voss and Dale Calder. See Zootaxa 3666 (3) 389-397. This hydroid is found in strongly current-swept habitats such as Weynton Passage, near the north end of Vancouver Island and Discovery Passage adjacent to Campbell River. It hosts the predatory nudibranch Cuthona punicea, described by Sandra Millen in 1986.