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(Redirected from Spirocodon saltatrix) Genus of hydrozoans

Spirocodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Anthoathecata
Family: Corynidae
Genus: Spirocodon
Haeckel, 1880
Species: S. saltatrix
Binomial name
Spirocodon saltatrix
(Tilesius, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Medusa saltatrix Tilesius, 1818
  • Spirocodon saltator (Tilesius, 1818)

Spirocodon is a monotypic genus of hydrozoans with Spirocodon saltatrix as the only species 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.

References

  1. Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius, 1818)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Spirocodon Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.

Further reading

  • Ohtsu, K. (1 March 1983). "UV-visible antagonism in extraocular photosensitive neurons of the anthomedusa, Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius)". Journal of Neurobiology. 14 (2): 145–155. doi:10.1002/neu.480140206. ISSN 0022-3034. PMID 6132962.
Taxon identifiers
Spirocodon


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