''Staurocladia'' is a genus of
anthomedusan 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 ...
ns. Its former
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Eleutheriidae is now included in the
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>
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
include:
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Staurocladia acuminata
''Staurocladia'' is a genus of anthomedusan hydrozoans. Its former family Eleutheriidae is now included in the Cladonematidae.
Species
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Staurocladia alternata
''Staurocladia'' is a genus of anthomedusan hydrozoans. Its former family Eleutheriidae is now included in the Cladonematidae.
Species include:
*''Staurocladia acuminata''
*'' Staurocladia alternata''
*'' Staurocladia bilateralis''
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Staurocladia bilateralis
''Staurocladia'' is a genus of anthomedusan hydrozoans. Its former family Eleutheriidae is now included in the Cladonematidae.
Species include:
*''Staurocladia acuminata''
*''Staurocladia alternata''
*'' Staurocladia bilateralis''
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Staurocladia charcoti
''Staurocladia'' is a genus of anthomedusan hydrozoans. Its former family Eleutheriidae is now included in the Cladonematidae.
Species include:
*''Staurocladia acuminata''
*''Staurocladia alternata''
*''Staurocladia bilateralis''
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Staurocladia haswelli
''Staurocladia'' is a genus of anthomedusan hydrozoans. Its former family Eleutheriidae is now included in the Cladonematidae.
Species include:
*''Staurocladia acuminata''
*''Staurocladia alternata''
*''Staurocladia bilateralis''
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Staurocladia oahuensis''
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Staurocladia portmanni''
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Staurocladia schizogena''
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Staurocladia ulvae''
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Staurocladia vallentini''
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Staurocladia wellingtoni
''Staurocladia'' is a genus of anthomedusan hydrozoans. Its former family Eleutheriidae is now included in the Cladonematidae.
Species include:
*''Staurocladia acuminata
''Staurocladia'' is a genus of anthomedusan hydrozoans. Its former fam ...
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References
Cladonematidae
Hydrozoan genera
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