Description: English: A photograph of a grey fan hydroid, Solanderia procumbens taken in 27m of water off the Atlantic Coast of the Cape Peninsula using a Nikonos V camera. Date: December 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Seascapeza.
Description: English: Reef invertebrates at the wreck of the Ker Yar Vor, Cape Peninsula. Date: December 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.
Solanderia ericopis (Carter, 1873) (Anthomedusae, Solanderiidae) from New Zealand, form quite large colonies (here about 55 cm). Many thousands of tiny, individual polyps are scattered on the branches.