Collected: June 2006, <1 km off of Assateague Island, VA. along the bottom at a depth of 10 m

Epibenthic sled fitted with a plankton net (363 micrometer mesh).

Notes:oecil{{{ostomatoida)
This is one of the smallest of the hydromedusea with a bell only about 0.3 mm tall. Two virtually identical forms occur, called Hydractinia mimima and H. minuta. One has 4 tentacles and the other 8, but these may well represent different stages of the same medusa. hSo far, I cannot link the medusa to a hydroid stage, and it may still be unknown .

Hydractinia was one of the most common medusae caught in this collection.

Collected and photographed by: Bill Johnson, Goucher College.