''Coryne muscoides'' is a species of athecate hydroid belonging to the family

Corynidae Corynidae is a family of hydrozoans in the order Anthomedusae. Derivation of family name The family name ''Corynidae'' is derived from the Greek word κορυνε ( = ''korune'' ) meaning "club" ( in the sense of "cudgel" or "bludgeon" ). Gener ...

. It is a species of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. This is a many-branched rose-coloured hydroid, up to 15 cm tall with distinctive ringed stems and branches. Each branch ends with a cluster of knobbed

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s. It can be found in deep

rock pool A tide pool or rock pool is a shallow pool of seawater that forms on the rocky intertidal shore. Many of these pools exist as separate bodies of water only at low tide. Many tide pool habitats are home to especially adaptable animals that ...

s and attached to large

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* Corynidae Animals described in 1761 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Anthoathecata-stub