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''Scrippsia'' is a genus of
hydrozoan Hydrozoa (hydrozoans; from Ancient Greek ('; "water") and ('; "animals")) is a taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline water. The colonies of the colonial sp ...
s in the family
Corynidae Corynidae is a family of hydrozoans in the order Anthomedusae. Derivation of family name The family name ''Corynidae'' is derived from the Greek word κορυνε ( = ''korune'' ) meaning "club" ( in the sense of "cudgel" or "bludgeon" ). Gener ...
. It is monotypic with only one species, ''Scrippsia pacifica''.


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Monotypic cnidarian genera Animals described in 1909 Corynidae Hydrozoan genera {{Anthoathecata-stub