Filifera
| Filifera | |
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| Bougainvillia muscus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Subclass: | Hydroidolina |
| Order: | Anthoathecata |
| Suborder: | Filifera Kühn, 1913 |
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Filifera is a suborder of Hydrozoa, a class of marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. They are found in marine, brackish and freshwater habitats.
Characteristics
Members of this suborder are characterised by the filiform tentacles of the polyps which do not terminate in knobs. The rose corals, family Stylasteridae, secrete calcium carbonate exoskeletons around a network of stolons.[1]
Families
Glass model of Neoturris pileata
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following families are found in this suborder :[2]
- Australomedusidae Russell, 1971
- Axoporidae Boschma, 1951 †
- Balellidaev Stechow, 1922
- Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
- Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905
- Clathrozoellidae Peña Cantero, Vervoort & Watson, 2003
- Cordylophoridae von Lendenfeld, 1885
- Cytaeididae L. Agassiz, 1862
- Eucodoniidae Schuchert, 1996
- Eudendriidae L. Agassiz, 1862
- Filifera incertae sedis
- Heterotentaculidae Schuchert, 2010
- Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862
- Jeanbouilloniidae Pagès, Flood & Youngbluth, 2006
- Magapiidae Schuchert & Bouillon, 2009
- Niobiidae Petersen, 1979
- Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829
- Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879
- Proboscidactylidae Hand & Hendrickson, 1950
- Protiaridae Haeckel, 1879
- Ptilocodiidae Coward, 1909
- Rathkeidae Russell, 1953
- Rhysiidae (Hickson & Gravely, 1907)
- Stylasteridae Gray, 1847
- Trichydridae Hincks, 1868
- Tubiclavoididae Moura, Cunha & Schuchert, 2007
References
- ↑ Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard, S.; Barnes, Robert D. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology, 7th edition. Cengage Learning. p. 167. ISBN 978-81-315-0104-7.
- ↑ Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Filifera". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
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