Bougainvilliidae

Bougainvilliidae
Bougainvillia muscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Anthoathecata
Suborder: Filifera
Family: Bougainvilliidae
Lütken, 1850
Genera
See text [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Atractylidae Hincks, 1868
  • Bimeridae Allman, 1872
  • Clavopsellidae Thiel, 1962
  • Dicorynidae Allman, 1864
  • Hippocrenidae McCrady, 1959
  • Lizusidae Haeckel, 1879
  • Margelidae Haeckel, 1879
  • Nemopsidae L.Agassiz, 1862
  • Pachycordylini Cockerell, 1911
  • Thamnostomidae Haeckel, 1879

Bougainvilliidae is a family of marine hydroids in the class Hydrozoa. Members of the family are found worldwide.[2] There are sixteen accepted genera and about ninety-three species.[3]

  1. ^ a b World Register of Marine Species
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Life
  3. ^ British Database of World Flora and Fauna