White stinging sea fern or Stinging Hydroid, Macrorhynchia philippina , from the South China Sea, Brunei.

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Hydrozoa are closely related to jelly fish and as them they contain stinging cells to catch prey- zooplankton. Some members of this class can be found in freshwater.

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Location: Brunei, Tutong
Photo credit: © Rasmus Loeth Petersen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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