Kirchenpaueriidae
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The Kirchenpaueriidae are a hydrozoa
n family
of the superfamily
Plumularioidea
. Their hydrocladia are characteristically set in an alternating fashion as one progresses along the stems, forming two neat rows except in Oswaldella laertesi, which has three such rows. The alternating placement of the hydrocladia can be used to distinguish them from the Plumulariidae which may look superficially similar.
There are 8 genera
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa are a taxonomic class of very small, predatory animals which can be solitary or colonial and which mostly live in saltwater. A few genera within this class live in freshwater...
n family
Family (biology)
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of the superfamily
Taxonomic rank
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Plumularioidea
Plumularioidea
Plumularioidea are one of the few rather robustly established superfamilies of the cnidarian suborder Conica.This superfamily unites about 30 genera in the following families:* Aglaopheniidae Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890* Halopterididae...
. Their hydrocladia are characteristically set in an alternating fashion as one progresses along the stems, forming two neat rows except in Oswaldella laertesi, which has three such rows. The alternating placement of the hydrocladia can be used to distinguish them from the Plumulariidae which may look superficially similar.
There are 8 genera
- Halicornopsis
- Kirchenpaueria
- Naumovia
- Ophinella
- Oswaldella - formerly in Plumulariidae
- Pycnotheca - formerly in Plumulariidae
- Ventromma
- Wimveria