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Aequoreidae (Hydroid)

Synonyms: Aequoridae; Polycannidae; Zygocannidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Aequoreidae is a hydrozoan family. There are approximately 30 known species found in temperate and tropical marine coastal environments. Aequoreids include Aequorea victoria, the organism from which the green fluorescent protein gene was isolated.
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Genus

Aequorea (Jellyfish) (32)
Aldersladia (1)
Gangliostoma (3)
Rhacostoma (Hydroid) (1)
Stomobrachium (2)
Tarracodiscus (2)
Zygocanna (Hydroid) (7)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0