''Spirocodon'' is a monotypic

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

hydrozoans 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 spe ...

with ''Spirocodon saltatrix'' as the only

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), ...

in the genus. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, and was first described in 1818 by the German naturalist and explorer

Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (17 July 1769 – 17 May 1857) was a German people, German natural scientist, naturalist and List of explorers, explorer, physician, draftsman and engraver. He was a member of the Order of St. Vladimir an ...

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