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Bottle-brush

Thuiaria thuja (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedjellyfish and corals

The bottle-brush (Thuiaria thuja) is a species in the family Sertulariidae, order Leptothecata.

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Quick facts about the bottle-brush

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bottle-brush live?

Not recorded

Is the bottle-brush endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bottle-brush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCnidaria
  3. classHydrozoa
  4. orderLeptothecata
  5. familySertulariidae
  6. genusThuiaria
  7. SpeciesThuiaria thuja (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Biseriaria thuia, Salacia thuja, Sertularia thuja

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Bottle-brush hydroidEnglish
  • Bottlebrush hydroidEnglish
  • pohárovka zeravovitáCzech
  • FlaskerenserpolypDanish
  • FlaschenbürstenmoosGerman
  • Hydraire goupillonFrench
  • 두자테히드라Korean
  • flessenborstelDutch
  • Туеобразная туярияRussian
  • Flaschenbürsten-PolypGerman
  • Туярия туеобразнаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bottle-brush

Other species in the same genus Thuiaria.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the bottle-brush?

The bottle-brush (Thuiaria thuja) belongs to the family Sertulariidae in the order Leptothecata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bottle-brush (Thuiaria thuja). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bottle-brush

MLA

“Bottle-brush (Thuiaria thuja).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bottle-brush.

BibTeX
@misc{bottle_brush_2026,
  title = {Bottle-brush (Thuiaria thuja)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bottle-brush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}