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Erenna

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Erenna
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Erennidae
Genus: Erenna
Bedot, 1904

Erenna is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Erennidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America and Southeast Asia.[1]

E. insidiator sp. nov. and E. sirena sp. nov. are two new species of Erenna that were discovered near California and Mexico. This discovery has allowed for the identification of three different types of tentilla on tentacles. [2]

Species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Erenna Bedot, 1904". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ "A description of two new species of the genus Erenna (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Erennidae), with notes on recently collected specimens of other Erenna species, 2016". Retrieved 15 March 2024.