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Tricyclusidae Kramp, 1949 
AphiaID: 235733

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Capitata (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Capitata
Sources  basis of record: Petersen (1990) [details]

additional source: Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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[show all]		 Genus Tricyclusa Stechow, 1919
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Diagnosis: Paedomorphic Hydrozoa reduced to hydroid stage, solitary, with pear-shaped hydranth, one whorl of six capitate oral tentacles and two widely spaced whorls each of 8-14 stout, solid aboral, imperfect moniliform, tentacles; hydrocaulus thin, same length as hydranth, ending in small pedal disc; perisarc covering hydrocaulus inflated, of gelatinous aspect; hydroid buds produced from lower part of hydranth; actinuloid larvae arising from under aboral tentacles. Gonophores as fixed sporosacs, only male have been observed. [details]
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Family Tricyclusidae - Genus Tricyclusa
Family Tricyclusidae - Genus Tricyclusa
added on 2013-06-07 - author: Schuchert, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2013-06-07 14:07:07
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235733
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-12-14 09:10:20Z  created  Gravili, Cinzia
2008-01-10 07:31:11Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2009-04-28 06:22:10Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Tricyclusidae. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235733 on 2013-06-19
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