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Kōrero: Corals, anemones and jellyfish

Hydroids feeding

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Hydroids feeding

These hydroids, shown hanging from a ledge, have extended their fine tentacles into the water in search of food. Collectively they are known as sea firs.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10050586

by Jamie Quirk

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Dennis Gordon, Corals, anemones and jellyfish – Hydroids and siphonophores, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4774/hydroids-feeding (accessed 18 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Dennis Gordon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 26 September 2016.