Cubaia
Appearance
Cubaia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Limnomedusae |
Family: | Olindiidae |
Genus: | Cubaia Mayer, 1894[1] |
Species: | C. aphrodite
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Binomial name | |
Cubaia aphrodite Mayer, 1894[1]
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Cubaia is a genus of freshwater hydrozoans in the family Olindiidae. Like all members of that family, they have a polyp phase and a medusa phase. The genus is monotypic, including only the species Cubaia aphrodite. It has been reported in the Bahamas.[2] The genus is carnivorous and reproduce asexually.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cubaia Mayer, 1894". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ WoRMS. "Cubaia aphrodite Mayer, 1894". World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ "Cubaia aphrodite Mayer 1894". Encyclopedia of Life. National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2024-07-02.