''Eucheilota'' is a genus of
cnidaria
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, ...
ns belonging to the family
Lovenellidae
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Lovenellidae is a family of hydrozoans. Their hydroids live together in upright stolonal or sympodial colonies, and their gonophores are pedunculate free-roaming medusae.Schuchert (2005) The relationships of this fairly small but di ...
.
The genus has an almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Eucheilota'':
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Eucheilota bakeri''
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Eucheilota birabeni''
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Eucheilota bitentaculata''
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Eucheilota carinata''
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Eucheilota comata''
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Eucheilota convoluta''
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Eucheilota duodecimalis''
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Eucheilota flevensis''
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Eucheilota foresti''
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Eucheilota hongkongensis''
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Eucheilota maasi''
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Eucheilota macrogona''
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Eucheilota maculata''
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Eucheilota menoni''
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Eucheilota minima''
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Eucheilota multicirris''
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Eucheilota paradoxica''
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Eucheilota taiwanensis''
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Eucheilota tropica''
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Eucheilota ventricularis''
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Eucheilota xiamensis
''Eucheilota'' is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Lovenellidae.
The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Eucheilota'':
*''Eucheilota bakeri''
*''Eucheilota ...
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References
Lovenellidae
Hydrozoan genera
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