Eudendrium carneum

Eudendrium carneum Clarke, 1882
Red stickhydroid

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Family:	Eudendriidae ()
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Environment:	sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 20 m
Distribution:	Eastern Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Tropical and subtropical.
Diagnosis:	Complementary nematocysts (i.e. nematocysts other than small microbasic euryteles) heterotrichous anisorhizas; female blastostyles completely reduced (sometimes a few degenerated tentacles remaining on top), spadix bifurcated, mature eggs scattered along the pedicel thickened by a perisarc capsule typically fenestrated; male blastostyles completely reduced (Ref. 3086).
Biology:	Found from intertidal to a depth of 20 m, on artificial substrates and rocks (Ref. 3100). Known from tidal inlets, sounds, caves and shallow coastal benthic habitats (< 25 m) (Ref. 86643).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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