Biology:Monobrachium

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Short description: Genus of hydrozoans

Monobrachium
Monobrachium parasitum.png
A colony of hydrozoan Monobrachium parasitum on the Macoma calcarea shell.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Limnomedusae
Family: Monobrachiidae
Mereschkowsky, 1877
Genus: Monobrachium
Mereschkowsky, 1877[1]

Monobrachium is a genus of hydroids. These marine cnidarians form the only genus of the monotypic family Monobrachiidae.[1]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

  • Monobrachium antarcticum Robins, 1972
  • Monobrachium drachi Marche-Marchad, 1963
  • Monobrachium parasitum Mereschkowsky, 1877

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 World Register of Marine Species Retrieved July 10, 2012

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3381430 entry