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Hydroidolina

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Hydroidolina

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Also known as Hydroid subclass

Hydroidolina is a subclass of Hydrozoa and makes up 90% of the class. Controversy surrounds who the sister groups of Hydroidolina are, but research has shown that three orders remain consistent as direct relatives: Siphonophorae, Anthoathecata, and Leptothecata.

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It sits within the topics Hydroidolina and Hydrozoa.

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Species

Subclass

  1. PhylumCnidaria
  2. ClassHydrozoa
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Los hidroidolinos (Hydroidolina) son una subclase de cnidarios hidrozoos que incluye las hidras, hidromedusas, y varios organismos marinos afines, muchos de los cuales crecen en grandes y elegantes colonias de pólipos. En los hidroidolinos suele predominar la fase de pólipo, y las colonias acostumbran a ser polimórficas y dioicas; todos los zooides de una colonia provienen, por reproducción asexual, de un solo progenitor zooide. En muchos casos, las medusas no llegan a separarse de la colonia, quedando reducidas a esporosacos o gonóforos.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
490
With media
76
Collections
CAS
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Philippines, Japan

Wikidata facts

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Parent taxon
Hydrozoa
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taxon name
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topic's main category
Category:Hydroidolina
Commons category
Hydroidolina
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Description and background
  • Distribution
  • Diet
  • Anatomy and morphology
  • Life cycle and reproduction
  • Taxonomy
  • Alternate classifications
  • Ecological Impact
  • References

Hydroidolina is a subclass of Hydrozoa and makes up 90% of the class. Controversy surrounds who the sister groups of Hydroidolina are, but research has shown that three orders remain consistent as direct relatives: Siphonophorae, Anthoathecata, and Leptothecata.

== Description and background == The phylum Cnidaria contains two clades: Anthozoa and Medusozoa. There are around 3800 species within the clade Medusozoa and it consists of Cubozoans, Scyphozoans, and Hydrozoans.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hydroidolina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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