Haleciidae Hincks, 1868

Watson, Jeanette E., 2008, Hydroids of the BANZARE expeditions, 1929 – 1931: the family Haleciidae (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata) from the Australian Antarctic Territory, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65, pp. 165-178 : 166

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4630617
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D5126-FFA7-FFBD-1887-F9B71E769043
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scientific name	Haleciidae Hincks, 1868
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Family Haleciidae Hincks, 1868 View in CoL

Thecate hydroids with shallow, saucer- or basin-shaped hydrothecae. Hydrotheca radially symmetrical, usually with diaphragm; margin entire, without operculum. Hydranth large and usually not completely retractable into hydrotheca, with conical hypostome and one circlet of filiform tentacles. Nematophores present or absent. Gonophores in form of fixed sporosacs or rarely, freed as medusae.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Cnidaria
Class	Hydrozoa
Order	Leptothecata
Family	Haleciidae

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