Tubulariidae

Tubulariidae
Ectopleura crocea offshore False Cape
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Subclass: Hydroidolina
Order: Anthoathecata
Suborder: Aplanulata
Family: Tubulariidae
Goldfuss, 1818
Synonyms

Hybocodonidae Allman, 1872
Tubulariae (lapsus)

Tubulariidae is a family of hydroid cnidarians. For long placed in a presumed superfamily or infraorder Tubulariida of suborder Capitata, they are actually close relatives of the Hydridae and are now united with these and a number of relatives in a newly recognized suborder Aplanulata.[1] Most, if not all species in this family grow on stalks and resemble small flowers.

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following genera are found in this family:

References

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