Aglaophenia struthionides

Aglaophenia struthionides, the ostrich plume hydroid, is a colonial hydroid in the family Aglaopheniidae.^[1] It is found in tide pools and on rocky shores on the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to approximately San Diego.^[1] Ostrich plume hydroid is brown or beige, and can grow up to 12 cm tall.^[1] This species was first described by Andrew Murray in 1860.^[2]

Aglaophenia struthionides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Leptothecata
Family:	Aglaopheniidae
Genus:	Aglaophenia
Species:	A. struthionides
Binomial name
Aglaophenia struthionides (Murray, 1860)