Candelabridae

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Aplanulata Rank Family		Class Hydrozoa Phylum Cnidaria Order Anthomedusae

Similar Anthomedusae, Corymorphidae, Candelabrum cocksii, Corynidae, Tubulariidae

Candelabridae is a small family of cnidarians within the class Hydrozoa. Myriothelidae Hincks, 1868 and Symplectaneidae Fraser, 1941 are now accepted as synonyms of this family.

Genera and Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following genera and species exist in this family:

Candelabrum de Blainville, 1880 synonym Myriothela Sars, 1850

Candelabrum australe (Briggs, 1928)

Candelabrum austrogeorgiae (Jäderholm, 1904)

Candelabrum austro-georgiae Jäderholm, 1905

Candelabrum capensis (Manton, 1940)

Candelabrum cocksii (Cocks, 1854)

Candelabrum fritchmanii Hewitt & Goddard, 2001

Candelabrum giganteum (Bonnevie, 1898)

Candelabrum harrisoni (Briggs, 1928)

Candelabrum meridianum (Briggs, 1939)

Candelabrum minutum (Bonnevie, 1898)

Candelabrum mitra (Bonnevie, 1898)

Candelabrum penola (Manton, 1940)

Candelabrum phrygium (Fabricius, 1780)

Candelabrum serpentarii Segonzac & Vervoort, 1995

Candelabrum tentaculatum (Millard, 1966)

Candelabrum verrucosum (Bonnevie, 1898)

Fabulosus Stepanjants, Sheiko & Napara, 1990

Fabulosus kurilensis Stepanjants, Sheiko & Napara, 1990

Monocoryne Broch, 1910 synonym Symplectanea Fraser, 1941

Monocoryne bracteata (Fraser, 1943)

Monocoryne colonialis Brinckmann-Voss & Lindner, 2008

Monocoryne gigantea (Bonnevie, 1898)

Monocoryne minor Millard, 1966

References

Candelabridae Wikipedia

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