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Filifera

Polyp with filiform tentacles, typical for the Suborder Filifera
Polyp with filiform tentacles, typical for the Suborder Filifera

16352  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16352)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Filifera (Suborder)
Kühn, 1913
accepted
Suborder

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  1. Family Australomedusidae Russell, 1971
  2. Family Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
  3. Family Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905
  4. Family Cytaeididae L. Agassiz, 1862
  5. Family Eudendriidae L. Agassiz, 1862
  6. Family Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862
  7. Family Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829
  8. Family Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879
  9. Family Protiaridae Haeckel, 1879
  10. Family Rathkeidae Russell, 1953
  11. Family Stylasteridae Gray, 1847
  12. Infraorder Pandeida (uncertain > nomen dubium, unfounded grouping)
  13. Family Calycopsidae Mayer, 1910 accepted as Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Family Clavidae McCrady, 1859 accepted as Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Family Hydrichthyidae Stechow, 1922 accepted as Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879
  16. Superfamily Margelina Haeckel, 1879 (invalid grouping (polyphyletic))
  17. Family Filifera incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Kühn, A., 1913. Entwicklungsgeschichte und Verwandschaftsbeziehungen der Hydrozoen. I. Teil: Die Hydroiden. Erg. Fortschr. Zool. 4 1-2: 1-284. [details] 
AfReMaS (2025). Filifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16352 on 2026-01-19
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Filifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16352 on 2026-01-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2009-05-14 20:42:02Z
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Schuchert, Peter
2015-11-27 07:48:32Z
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Schuchert, Peter

original description Kühn, A., 1913. Entwicklungsgeschichte und Verwandschaftsbeziehungen der Hydrozoen. I. Teil: Die Hydroiden. Erg. Fortschr. Zool. 4 1-2: 1-284. [details] 

basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Filifera) 
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