''Diphasia'' is a genus of
hydrozoans
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 specialized ...
belonging to 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
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The genus has
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
Species:
*''
Diphasia africana''
*''
Diphasia alata''
*''
Diphasia alternata''
References
Sertulariidae
Hydrozoan genera
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