''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
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Eleutheriidae is now included in the
Cladonematidae.
Species
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include:
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Staurocladia acuminata''
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Staurocladia alternata''
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Staurocladia bilateralis''
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Staurocladia charcoti''
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Staurocladia haswelli''
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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''
References
Cladonematidae
Hydrozoan genera
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