Monobrachium
Appearance
Monobrachium | |
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A colony of hydrozoan Monobrachium parasitum on the Macoma calcarea shell. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Limnomedusae |
Family: | Monobrachiidae Mereschkowsky, 1877 |
Genus: | Monobrachium Mereschkowsky, 1877[1] |
Monobrachium is a genus of hydroids. These marine cnidarians form the only genus of the monotypic family Monobrachiidae.[1]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Monobrachium antarcticum Robins, 1972
- Monobrachium drachi Marche-Marchad, 1963
- Monobrachium parasitum Mereschkowsky, 1877
References
[edit]- ^ a b c World Register of Marine Species Retrieved July 10, 2012
External links
[edit]- Media related to Monobrachium at Wikimedia Commons