Tubulariidae is a
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 ...
of
hydroid cnidaria
Cnidaria () is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic animals found both in freshwater and marine environments, predominantly the latter.
Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that th ...
ns. For long placed in a presumed superfamily or infraorder Tubulariida of suborder
Capitata
Capitata is a suborder of Hydrozoa, a class of marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria.
Characteristics
Members of this suborder are characterised by the tentacles of the polyps terminating in knobs. In some species these are o ...
, they are actually close relatives of the
Hydridae and are now united with these and a number of relatives in a newly recognized suborder
Aplanulata
Aplanulata is a suborder of Hydrozoa, a class of marine and freshwater invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. The group have lost its planula larval stage, and the only remnants of the medusa stage is when they functions as gonophores a ...
.
Most if not all species in this family grow on stalks and resemble small flowers.
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
are found in this family:
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Bouillonia''
Petersen, 1990
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Ectopleura''
*''
Hybocodon''
L.Agassiz, 1860
*''
Lobataria''
Watson, 2008
*''
Ralpharia''
Watson, 1980
*''
Tubularia
''Tubularia'' is a genus of hydroids resembling furry pink tufts or balls at the end of long strings, owing to the common names "pink-mouthed" or "pink-hearted" hydroids.
Description
The average height of an individual colony is 40–60 ...
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Zyzzyzus
''Zyzzyzus'' is a genus of marine Tubulariidae, tubulariid hydrozoans, which grow embedded in sponges.
Species
* ''Zyzzyzus floridanus'' Petersen, 1990
* ''Zyzzyzus iyoensis'' (Yamada, 1959)
* ''Zyzzyzus parvula'' (Hickson & Gravely, 1907)
* ''Z ...
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References
Aplanulata
Cnidarian families
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