Pandeidae

Pandeidae
Neoturris pileata from below (left),
cross section (right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Anthoathecata
Suborder: Filifera
Family: Pandeidae
Haeckel, 1879 [1]
Genera
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Synonyms[1]
  • Hydrichthyidae
  • Pandeiidae (lapsus)

Pandeidae is a family of hydroids in the class Hydrozoa. Like other jellyfish there is usually a mature medusa form which is pelagic and reproduces sexually and a hydroid or polyp form which is often benthic and reproduces asexually by budding.[2]

  1. ^ a b Pandeidae World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. ^ Hydromedusae C. E. Mills. Retrieved 2011-10-10.