Conica (suborder)
| Conica | |
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medusa (Aequoreidae )
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Leptothecata |
| Suborder: | Conica Broch, 1910 |
| Superfamilies | |
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Campanulinoidea (disputed) | |
Conica are a
Leptomedusae (thecate hydroids). 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
.
They are named for the distinctive shape of their
conical.[1]
Well-known members of the Conica are the "
bioluminescent
hydrozoan.
Systematics
Apart from the
basal to the three main radiations within this order:[2]
Orchistomatidae
)Basal and incertae sedis
- Family Aequoreidae
- Family Barcinidae
- Family Anthomedusae)
- Family Clathrozoidae Stechow, 1921
- Family Dipleurosomatidae
- Family Eirenidae (including Eutimidae, Timoididae)
- Family Haleciidae
- Family Lafoeidae (including Hebellidae)
- Family Laodiceidae
- Family Lovenellidae (including Eucheilotidae)
- Family Malagazziidae
- Family Melicertidae
- Family Mitrocomidae Haeckel, 1879
- Family Octocannoidae
- Family Orchistomatidae
- Family Phialellidae
- Family Sugiuridae
- Family Syntheciidae
- Family Teclaiidae
- Family Tiarannidae
- Family Tiaropsidae Boero, Bouillon & Danovaro, 1987
- Family Zygophylaxidae (often included in Lafoeidae)
Superfamily Campanulinoidea (disputed)
- Family Blackfordiidae
- Family Calycellidae (often included in Campanulinidae)
- Family Campanulinidae
- Family Lineolariidae (often included in Campanulinidae)
Superfamily Plumularioidea (4 families)
Superfamily Sertularioidea
- Family Sertulariidae Fleming, 1828
- Family Thyroscyphidae
Footnotes
References
- MarineSpecies.org (2008): Conica. Retrieved 2008-JUL-08.
- Schuchert, Peter (2008): The Hydrozoa Directory - Suborder Conica Broch, 1910. Retrieved 2008-JUL-08.
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