Proboscidoidea

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Proboscidoidea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Suborder: Proboscidoidea
Broch, 1910
Families
Bonneviellidae
Campanulariidae
Phialuciidae

Proboscidoidea is a suborder of hydrozoans in the order Leptothecata. [1] It includes three families and near 150 distinct species. They are characterized by elongated and undercut hypostome that creates an indention superior to the gastric cavity. [2]

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Conica (suborder) Suborder of hydrozoans

Conica are a cnidarian suborder of the Leptomedusae. They make up the bulk of their order; their internal relationships are not well resolved, and most of the roughly 30 families are not yet assigned to a superfamily.

References

  1. ↑ "Antarctic Invertebrates: Proboscidoidea". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  2. ↑ Daly; et al. (2007). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus" (PDF). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press.


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