Candelabridae is a small

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

cnidarian Cnidaria ( ) is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic invertebrates found both in fresh water, freshwater and marine environments (predominantly the latter), including jellyfish, hydroid (zoology), hydroids, ...

s within the class

Hydrozoa Hydrozoa (hydrozoans; from Ancient Greek ('; "water") and ('; "animals")) is a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class (biology), class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline wat ...

. Myriothelidae Hincks, 1868 and Symplectaneidae Fraser, 1941 are now accepted as synonyms of this family.

Genera and Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

and

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

exist in this family: *''Candelabrum'' de Blainville, 1880 synonym ''Myriothela'' Sars, 1850 **'' Candelabrum australe'' (Briggs, 1928) **'' Candelabrum austrogeorgiae'' (Jäderholm, 1904) **'' Candelabrum austro-georgiae'' Jäderholm, 1905 **''

Candelabrum capensis ''Candelabrum capensis'', or gnome's hat hydroid, is a species of Sessility (zoology), sessile Hydrozoa, hydroid cnidarian. It is a member of the family (biology), family Candelabridae.Naomi A. H. Millard, Millard, N.A.H. 1975. Monograph on the H ...

'' (Manton, 1940) **'' Candelabrum cocksii'' (Cocks, 1854) **'' Candelabrum fritchmanii'' Hewitt & Goddard, 2001 **'' Candelabrum giganteum'' (Bonnevie, 1898) **'' Candelabrum harrisoni'' (Briggs, 1928) **'' Candelabrum meridianum'' (Briggs, 1939) **'' Candelabrum minutum'' (Bonnevie, 1898) **'' Candelabrum mitra'' (Bonnevie, 1898) **'' Candelabrum penola'' (Manton, 1940) **'' Candelabrum phrygium'' (Fabricius, 1780) **'' Candelabrum serpentarii'' Segonzac & Vervoort, 1995 **'' Candelabrum tentaculatum'' (Millard, 1966) **'' Candelabrum verrucosum'' (Bonnevie, 1898) *''Fabulosus'' Stepanjants, Sheiko & Napara, 1990 **'' Fabulosus kurilensis'' Stepanjants, Sheiko & Napara, 1990 *''Monocoryne'' Broch, 1910 synonym ''Symplectanea'' Fraser, 1941 **'' Monocoryne bracteata'' (Fraser, 1943) **'' Monocoryne colonialis'' Brinckmann-Voss & Lindner, 2008 **'' Monocoryne gigantea'' (Bonnevie, 1898) **''

Monocoryne minor Candelabridae is a small family (biology), family of cnidarians within the class Hydrozoa. Myriothelidae Hincks, 1868 and Symplectaneidae Fraser, 1941 are now accepted as synonyms of this family. Genera and Species According to the World Registe ...

'' Millard, 1966

References

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