| Hybocodon prolifer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Anthoathecata |
| Family: | Tubulariidae |
| Genus: | Hybocodon |
| Species: | H. prolifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Hybocodon prolifer Agassiz, 1862 | |
Hybocodon prolifer is a species of Hydrozoa belonging to the family Tubulariidae. [1]
It was first described in 1860 by Louis Agassiz. [2]
H. prolifer has a cosmopolitan distribution [3] and is distinct from the other species of Hybocodon in its medusoid stage by the fact that it buds medusa from the tentacular bulb bearing its single moniliform tentacle. [4]
