Lytocarpia formosa Rusty feathered hydroid

Lytocarpia formosa is commonly referred to as Rusty feathered hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Thecocarpus formosus (Rusty feathered hydroid)

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lexID:: 11575
AphiaID:: 284166

Scientific:: Lytocarpia formosa
German:: Nesselfarn
English:: Rusty Feathered Hydroid

Category:: Hydrozoa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Aglaopheniidae (Family) > Lytocarpia (Genus) > formosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Busk, ), 1851

Occurrence:: South-Africa
Sea depth:: 1 - 15 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 11.81" (1cm - 30cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 55.4 °F (10°C - 13°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lytocarpia acuta
Lytocarpia alata
Lytocarpia angulosa
Lytocarpia annandalei
Lytocarpia armata
Lytocarpia bathyalis
Lytocarpia benedicti
Lytocarpia bispinosa
Lytocarpia brevirostris
Lytocarpia calycifera
Lytocarpia canepa
Lytocarpia chiltoni
Lytocarpia crucialis
Lytocarpia delicatula
Lytocarpia distans
Lytocarpia epizoica
Lytocarpia flexuosa
Lytocarpia formosa
Nesselfarn
Lytocarpia furcata
Lytocarpia howensis
Lytocarpia incisa
Lytocarpia lepida
Lytocarpia megalocarpa
Lytocarpia myriophyllum
Lytocarpia nicpenny
Lytocarpia nigra
Lytocarpia normani
Lytocarpia orientalis
Lytocarpia perarmata
Lytocarpia phyteuma
Nesselfarn
Lytocarpia rigida
Lytocarpia similis
Lytocarpia spiralis
Lytocarpia striata
Lytocarpia subdichotoma
Lytocarpia tenuissima
Lytocarpia tridentata
Lytocarpia vitiensis
Lytocarpia vulgaris

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-06-11 20:40:57
Last edit:: 2025-11-07 21:02:13

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Lytocarpia formosa (Busk, 1851)

Rysty red-brown in colour. Often grows on seaweeds , and is apparently able to penetrate their tissues with its rootlets.This Hydroza is a filterfeeder of plankton.

Synonymised names:
Thecocarpus formosus (Busk, 1851)

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Thecocarpus formosus (Rusty feathered hydroid)

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