Porpita
Sign in to savePorpita is genus of hydrozoans in the family Porpitidae. It has two species recognized and is the type genus of its family.
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It sits within the topics Hydrozoan genera and Porpitidae.
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Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderAnthoathecata
- FamilyPorpitidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 71
- Family
- Porpitidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, CAS, NHMUK, YPM, GNM
- Recorded in
- Italy, Japan, Egypt, Philippines, Ecuador, United States, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Belize
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Porpitidae
- Image
- Porpita porpita.jpg
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- taxon name
- Porpita
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Porpita
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Porpita is genus of hydrozoans in the family Porpitidae. It has two species recognized and is the type genus of its family.
Porpita is in the phylum Cnidaria. Similar to the well-known Portuguese Man-of-War, species in this genus consist mainly of colonies of hydrozoans, linked to a biological float, keeping them near the surface. Unlike the Man-of-War, however, the porpita lacks a sail and therefore does not get blown ashore as often.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porpita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.