GENUS AGLAOPHENIA			Photomicrography of Dr. Anita Brinckmann-Voss

				Aglaophenia inconspicua (?) Torrey, 1904 (Hydrozoa , Leptothecatae, Aglaopheniidae) Aglaophenia latirostris Nutting, 1900 (Hydrozoa, Leptothecatae, Aglapheniidae).
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						Aglaophenia latirostris . This featherlike hydroid is common, mostly subtidal , RaceRocks and Swordfish Island. Natural size to 5 cm.			Aglaophenia inconspicua with corbulae. corbulae are modified branches of the colony, which form a protective "basket" around the gonads. Growing on algae and together with a Campanularia, another thecate hydroid. Race Rocks, low intertidal.