Nettle ferns
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Nettle ferns ( Plumulariidae ) |
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| Hincks , 1868 |
The family of the nettle ferns (Plumulariidae) are feather-like, between 5 and 50 centimeters high hydrozoa . Many nettles very strongly. Some species live in symbiosis with zooxanthellae .
Systematics
The systematics given here follows the information in the Hydrozoa Directory .
- Dentitheca Stechow, 1920
- Nemertesia Lamouroux, 1812
- Plumularia Lamarck, 1816
- Polyplumaria Sars, 1874
- Pseudoplumaria F. Ramil & W. Vervoort, 1992
- Sibogella Billiards, 1911
literature
- SA Fosså, & AJ Nilsen: Coral Reef Aquarium , Volume 4, Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, ISBN 3928819054
Web links
Commons : Plumulariidae - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Schuchert, The Hydrozoa Directory (accessed October 1, 2007)