''Eudendrium caricum'' is a marine

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), ...

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, ...

, a hydroid (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 ...

) in the family

Eudendriidae Eudendriidae is a taxonomic family of hydroids (Hydrozoa). The family contains around 85 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 pro ...

. It was originally described by

Axel Elof Jäderholm Axel Elof Jäderholm (born 24 July 1868 in Söderhamn, died 5 March 1927 in Norrköping) was a Swedish zoologist and botanist. Biography In 1888, Axel Elof Jäderholm entered the Uppsala University where he earned his undergraduate degree in 189 ...

in 1908

References

caricum Animals described in 1908 {{Eudendrium-stub