''Cladonema'' 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 ...
belonging to the family
Cladonematidae
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.Schuchert 009/ref>
Se ...
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
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Cladonema californicum''
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Cladonema myersi''
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Cladonema novaezelandiae''
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Cladonema pacificum''
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Cladonema radiatum''
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Cladonema timmsii''
References
Cladonematidae
Hydrozoan genera
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