title: Aglaophenia pluma
text: # Aglaophenia pluma
  
  Aglaophenia pluma, the toothed feather hydroid or podded hydroid, is a colonial hydroid in the family Aglaopheniidae and is found worldwide. It lives from the shore to 120m under water.
  
  ## Description
  
  Toothed feather hydroids are upright colonial hydroids with stems which may grow to 3 cm in total height though the colony may be larger. They have unbranched yellow stems and reproductive bodies that resemble pine-cones.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  This species has a sting which may cause swelling of the affected area in humans.
  
  