Hippopodiidae: Brief Summary
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Hippopodiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Siphonophorae.
Genera:
Hippopodius Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Vogtia Kölliker, 1853
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Diagnosis
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Calycophorae with biserial arrangement of up to sixteen or more flattened definitive nectophores in varying stages of development, the youngest being apical, fitting tightly together around a thin stem which can be retracted between them; without bracts, gonophores arise directly from siphosomal stem, being released at maturation.
Schuchert, P.
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