| Filifera | |
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| Bougainvillia muscus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Anthoathecata |
| Suborder: | Filifera Kühn, 1913 |
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Filifera is a suborder of hydrozoans in the order Anthoathecata. They are found in marine, brackish and freshwater habitats.
Characteristics[edit]
Members of this suborder are characterised by the filiform tentacles of the polyps which do not terminate in knobs. The rose corals, family Stylasteridae, secrete calcium carbonate exoskeletons around a network of stolons.[1]
Families[edit]
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following families are found in this suborder :[2]
- Australomedusidae Russell, 1971
- Axoporidae Boschma, 1951 †
- Balellidae Stechow, 1922
- Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850
- Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905
- Clathrozoellidae Peña Cantero, Vervoort & Watson, 2003
- Cordylophoridae von Lendenfeld, 1885
- Cytaeididae L. Agassiz, 1862
- Eucodoniidae Schuchert, 1996
- Eudendriidae L. Agassiz, 1862
- Heterotentaculidae Schuchert, 2010
- Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862
- Jeanbouilloniidae Pagès, Flood & Youngbluth, 2006
- Magapiidae Schuchert & Bouillon, 2009
- Niobiidae Petersen, 1979
- Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829
- Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879
- Proboscidactylidae Hand & Hendrickson, 1950
- Protiaridae Haeckel, 1879
- Ptilocodiidae Coward, 1909
- Rathkeidae Russell, 1953
- Rhysiidae (Hickson & Gravely, 1907)
- Similiclavidae Calder, Choong & McDaniel, 2015
- Stylasteridae Gray, 1847
- Trichydridae Hincks, 1868
- Tubiclavoididae Moura, Cunha & Schuchert, 2007
- Filifera incertae sedis
References[edit]
- ^ Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard, S.; Barnes, Robert D. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology, 7th edition. Cengage Learning. p. 167. ISBN 978-81-315-0104-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Filifera". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-06-08.