''Eudendrium rugosum'' is a marine
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
cnidaria
Cnidaria ( ) is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic invertebrates found both in fresh water, freshwater and marine environments (predominantly the latter), including jellyfish, hydroid (zoology), hydroids, ...
, a hydroid (
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa (hydrozoans; from Ancient Greek ('; "water") and ('; "animals")) is a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class (biology), class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline wat ...
) in the family
Eudendriidae
Eudendriidae is a taxonomic family of hydroids (Hydrozoa). The family contains around 85 species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can pro ...
.
References
rugosum
Animals described in 1940
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