Biology:Aplanulata

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Short description: Suborder of hydrozoans

Aplanulata
Dreadlocks hydroids at Tafelberg Reef DSC02873.JPG
Myriothela tentaculata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Anthoathecata
Suborder: Aplanulata
Collins, Winkelman, Hadrys & Schierwater, 2005 [1]
Families
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Aplanulata is a suborder of Hydrozoa, a class of marine and freshwater invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. The group have lost its planula larval stage, and the only remnants of the medusa stage is when they functions as gonophores attached to the polyp.[2]

Families

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following families are found in this suborder :[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20056357 entry