> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: [Cnidaria](Cnidaria.md)
**Subphylum**::
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: [Hydrozoa](Hydrozoa.md)
**Subclass**::
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Leptothecata
**Suborder**:: Conica
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Sertulariidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Sertularella
**Species**:: S. diaphana
**Vernacular**:: Branching hydroid
## Photos
*[109 - 2023-02-26 - Coucoune - Saint Pierre - Martinique](109%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Coucoune%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md)*
## Notes
The identification criteria that make me think of this identification is that the branches are straight, rather than oriented to the top in other hydrozoa photos that I took in [Leptothecata sp.](Leptothecata%20sp..md).
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Sertularella-diaphana-Hydraire-duvet-rose-1763/(rOffset)/10