''Amphisbetia'' is a genus of
hydrozoa
Hydrozoa (hydrozoans; ) are a taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline water. The colonies of the colonial species can be large, and in some cases the specializ ...
in the family
Sertulariidae
Sertulariidae is a family of hydrozoans.
Genera
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following genera belong to this family:
*'' Abietinaria'' Kirchenpauer, 1884
*'' Amphisbetia'' L. Agassiz, 1862
*'' Caledoniana'' Galea, 2015
...
described by
L. Agassiz in 1862 based on the type species ''
Amphisbetia operculata'' (Linnaeus, 1758), which was originally designated as ''Sertularia operculata'' by
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
in 1758.
Species
As of August 2023 there are 31 accepted species in the genus.
*''
Amphisbetia avia'' Watson, 1975
*''
Amphisbetia bicuspidata'' (Lamarck, 1816)
*''
Amphisbetia bidens'' (Bale, 1884)
*''
Amphisbetia bispinosa'' (Gray, 1843)
*''
Amphisbetia operculata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (type)
References
Sertulariidae
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