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Corynidae
Sign in to saveCorynidae is a family of hydrozoans in the order Anthomedusae.
Species
タマウミヒドラ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderAnthoathecata
- FamilyCorynidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Corynidae
- Collections
- SIO, CAS, USNM, UF, QM, AM
- Recorded in
- United States, Belize, Australia, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Derivation of family name
- Genera
- References
Corynidae is a family of hydrozoans in the order Anthomedusae.
==Derivation of family name== The family name Corynidae is derived from the Greek word κορυνε ( = korune ) meaning "club" ( in the sense of "cudgel" or "bludgeon" ).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corynidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.