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| *'']'', the crystal jelly- a ] jellyfish. | *'']'' of the suborder ], the crystal jelly- a ] jellyfish. | ||
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| Hydroida | |
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| "Anthomedusae" from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, pubilshed 1904 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Hydroida |
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Hydroida is a cnidarian order which includes hydras, hydromedusae, and many marine attached hydroids, many of which grow up into large, elegantly branched forms. All the zooids of a colony are asexually produced from one parent zooid.
Examples of animals in the order Hydroida are:
- Craspedacusta sowerbyi, the freshwater "jellyfish"
- Hydra
- Air ferns, novelty "plants" and aquarium ornaments.
- Obelia
- Aequorea victoria of the suborder Leptomedusae, the crystal jelly- a bioluminescent jellyfish.