Size
Colony height: reaching 15cm (6")
Recognition Characters
Grows in large, bushy tufts branching in all directions.
Color
Brown with transparent to white polyps.
Habitat & Depth
Attach to other hydroids, seaweeds or octocorals. Shallow intertidal to 20m.
Distribution at GRNMS
Occasional.
Geographic Range
Southeast coast of United States, parts of Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico
Behavior & Notes
There are several species of Obelia in the Southeast.
Synonyms
Rupper and Fox 1988