Hydrozoa | 
Anthoathecata | 
Bougainvilliidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic.  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Central Atlantic:  Bermuda.
			
			
			
			
			
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				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Known from caves (Ref. 86643).				
			
			
			
			
			
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					Members of the order Anthoathecata are mostly colonial A-form hydroids.  Life cycle:  The zygote develops into planula inside the gonophore and is later released as an actinula which metamorphoses into polyp stage.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Calder, D.R. 1993 Local distribution and biogeography of the hyroids (Cnidaria) of Bermuda. Caribbean Journal of Science 29(1-2):61-74. (Ref. 86643)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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