Cladonematidae
Cladonematidae | |
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A colony of Cladonema radiatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Anthoathecata |
Suborder: | Capitata |
Family: | Cladonematidae Gegenbaur, 1857 |
Diversity | |
3 genera | |
Synonyms | |
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Cladonematidae is a small family of anthomedusan hydrozoans. They have stolonal hydroid colonies, and their medusae are benthic and can crawl across the sediment; in many species they have lost the ability to swim however.
Several members of this lineage were formerly considered a separate family Eleutheriidae.
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