Spirocodon

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Spirocodon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Anthoathecata
Family: Corynidae
Genus: Spirocodon
Haeckel, 1880 [1]
Species:
S. saltatrix
Binomial name
Spirocodon saltatrix
(Tilesius, 1818) [2]
Synonyms
  • Medusa saltatrixTilesius, 1818
  • Spirocodon saltator(Tilesius, 1818)

Spirocodon is a monotypic genus of hydrozoans with Spirocodon saltatrix as the only species in the genus. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, and was first described in 1818 by the German naturalist and explorer Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau.

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References

  1. Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Spirocodon Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius, 1818)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.

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