| Halicreatidae | |
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| Botrynema ellinorae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Trachymedusae |
| Family: | Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886 |
| Genera | |
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Halicreatidae is a family of hydrozoans. The family comprises 6 genera and 9 species. [1]
| Image | Genus | Living species |
|---|---|---|
 | Botrynema Browne, 1908 |
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 | Halicreas Fewkes, 1882 | |
| Haliscera Vanhöffen, 1902 |
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 | Halitrephes Bigelow, 1909 | |
| Homoeonema Maas, 1893 | ||
| Varitentacula He, 1980 | ||
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Botrynema is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Halicreatidae.
Haliscera is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Halicreatidae.
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