| Staurostoma | |
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| Staurostoma falklandica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Leptothecata |
| Family: | Laodiceidae |
| Genus: | Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879 [1] |
Staurostoma is a genus of cnidarians of the family Laodiceidae. [2] The genus contains two described species. [2]
There are two species accepted: [1]
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