''Eudendrium'' is a large
genus
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of
hydroids
Hydroids are a life stage for most animals of the class Hydrozoa, small predators related to jellyfish.
Some hydroids such as the freshwater '' Hydra'' are solitary, with the polyp attached directly to the substrate. When these produce buds, ...
(
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 ...
), one of two in the family Eudendriidae. These animals are
marine cnidaria
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s in the family (biology), family Eudendriidae.
Species
Species so far described in this genus include:
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* ''Eudendrium album'' Nutting, 1898
* ''Eudendrium angustum'' Warren, 1908
* ''Eudendrium annulatum'' Norman, 1864
* ''Eudendrium antarcticum'' Stechow, 1921
* ''Eudendrium arbuscula'' Wright, 1859
* ''Eudendrium armatum'' Tichomiroff, 1890
* ''Eudendrium armstongi'' Stechow, 1909
* ''Eudendrium attenuatum'' Allman, 1877
* ''Eudendrium aylingae'' Watson, 1985
* ''Eudendrium balei'' Watson, 1985
* ''Eudendrium bathyalis'' Marques & Calder, 2000
* ''Eudendrium bermudense'' Calder, 1988
* ''Eudendrium biseriale'' Fraser, 1935
* ''Eudendrium boreale'' Yamada, 1954
* ''Eudendrium breve'' Fraser, 1938
* ''Eudendrium calceolatum'' Motz-Kossowska, 1905
* ''Eudendrium californicum'' Torrey, 1902
* ''Eudendrium capillare'' Alder, 1856
* ''Eudendrium capillaroides'' Schuchert, 2008
* ''Eudendrium caraiuru'' Marques & Oliveira, 2003
* ''Eudendrium caricum'' Jäderholm, 1908
* ''Eudendrium carneum'' Clarke, 1882
* ''Eudendrium centicaule'' Fraser, 1938
* ''Eudendrium cingulatum'' Stimpson, 1854
* ''Eudendrium cnidoferum'' Stechow, 1919
* ''Eudendrium cochleatum'' Allman, 1877
* ''Eudendrium corrugatum'' Watson, 1985
* ''Eudendrium currumbense'' Watson, 1985
* ''Eudendrium cyathiferum'' Jäderholm, 1904
* ''Eudendrium deciduum'' Naomi A. H. Millard, Millard, 1957
* ''Eudendrium deforme'' Hartlaub, 1905
* ''Eudendrium dispar'' L. Agassiz, 1862
* ''Eudendrium distichum'' Clarke, 1879
* ''Eudendrium exiguum'' Allman, 1877
* ''Eudendrium eximium'' Allman, 1877
* ''Eudendrium fruticosum'' Allman, 1877
* ''Eudendrium garis'' Puce, Cerrano, Di Camillo, Bavestrello & Marques, 2006
* ''Eudendrium generale'' von Lendenfeld, 1885
* ''Eudendrium glomeratum'' Picard, 1952
* ''Eudendrium imperiale'' Yamada, 1954
* ''Eudendrium infundibuliforme'' Kirkpatrick, 1890
* ''Eudendrium irregulare'' Fraser, 1922
* ''Eudendrium jaederholmi'' Puce, Cerrano & Bavestrello, 2002
* ''Eudendrium japonicum'' Yamada, 1954
* ''Eudendrium kirkpatricki'' Watson, 1985
* ''Eudendrium klausi'' Puce, Cerrano, Marques & Bavestrello, 2005
* ''Eudendrium laxum'' Allman, 1877
* ''Eudendrium macquariensis'' Watson, 2003
* ''Eudendrium magnificum'' Yamada, 1954
* ''Eudendrium maldivense'' Borradaile, 1905
* ''Eudendrium maorianus'' Schuchert, 1996
* ''Eudendrium merulum'' Watson, 1985
* ''Eudendrium minutum'' Watson, 1985
* ''Eudendrium moulouyensis'' Marques, Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 2000
* ''Eudendrium mucronatum'' Billiard, 1926
* ''Eudendrium nambuccense'' Watson, 1985
* ''Eudendrium nodosum'' Fraser, 1938
* ''Eudendrium novazealandiae'' Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890
* ''Eudendrium parvum'' Warren, 1908
* ''Eudendrium pennycuikae'' Watson, 1985
* ''Eudendrium pocaruquarum'' Marques, 1995
* ''Eudendrium racemosum'' (Cavolini, 1785)
* ''Eudendrium rameum'' (Pallas, 1766)
* ''Eudendrium ramosum'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758)
* ''Eudendrium ritchiei'' Millard, 1975
* ''Eudendrium rugosum'' Fraser, 1940
* ''Eudendrium sagaminum'' Yamada, 1954
* ''Eudendrium scotti'' Puce, Cerrano & Bavestrello, 2002
* ''Eudendrium simplex'' Pieper, 1884
* ''Eudendrium speciosum'' Fraser, 1945
* ''Eudendrium terranovae'' Watson, 1895
* ''Eudendrium tottoni'' Stechow, 1932
* ''Eudendrium vaginatum'' Allman, 1863
* ''Eudendrium vervoorti'' Marques & Migotto, 1998
References
External links
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Eudendrium,
Eudendriidae
Hydrozoan genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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