Spirocodon
| Spirocodon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Anthoathecata |
| Family: | Corynidae |
| Genus: | Spirocodon Haeckel, 1880[1] |
| Species: | S. saltatrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirocodon saltatrix | |
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Spirocodon is a monotypic genus of hydrozoans with Spirocodon saltatrix as the only species in the genus. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, and was first described in 1818 by the German naturalist and explorer Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau.
References
[edit]- ↑ Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Spirocodon Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius, 1818)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
Further reading
[edit]- Ohtsu, K. (1 March 1983). "UV-visible antagonism in extraocular photosensitive neurons of the anthomedusa, Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius)". Journal of Neurobiology. 14 (2): 145–155. doi:10.1002/neu.480140206. ISSN 0022-3034. PMID 6132962.
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