Hippopodius
Appearance
Hippopodius | |
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Hippopodius hippopus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Siphonophorae |
Family: | Hippopodiidae |
Genus: | Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 |
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Hippopodius is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Hippopodiidae.[2]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
This genus now contains only a single species, Hippopodius hippopus, although historically it contained more:[1]
- Hippopodius cuspitatus Moser, 1925 accepted as Nectopyramis natans (Bigelow, 1911)
- Hippopodius glabrus (Bigelow, 1918) accepted as Vogtia glabra Bigelow, 1918
- Hippopodius gleba Leuckart, 1854 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
- Hippopodius luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
- Hippopodius mediterraneus Costa, 1836 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
- Hippopodius neapolitanus Kölliker, 1853 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
- Hippopodius pentacanthus (Kölliker, 1853) accepted as Vogtia pentacantha Kölliker, 1853
- Hippopodius serratus Moser, 1915 accepted as Vogtia serrata (Moser, 1915)
- Hippopodius spinosus (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861) accepted as Vogtia spinosa Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861
- Hippopodius ungulatus (Haeckel, 1888) accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.