Some anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Hawaiian archipelago 2590
Author
Calder, Dale R.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-08-31
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2590.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2590.1.1
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Suborder
Capitata
Kühn, 1913
Capitata
Kühn, 1913: 228
.
Diagnosis.
Anthoathecate hydroids with some or all hydranth tentacles capitate or moniliform.
Gonophores fixed sporosacs, fixed or liberable eumedusoids, or medusae. Medusae, when present, with mouth usually simple, circular; gonads on manubrium, ordinarily surrounding it entirely.
Cnidome including stenoteles.
Remarks.
Hydrozoans assigned to
Capitata
Kühn, 1913
are distinguished by having capitate or moniliform tentacles, and a cnidome that includes stenoteles. Major revisions of the group have been undertaken by
Rees (1957a)
and
Petersen (1990)
, the latter providing a phylogenetic analysis. The suborder currently includes 26 families and about 375 species, but molecular evidence suggests that the suborder
Capitata
is paraphyletic and comprises two clades,
Capitata
sensu stricto
and Aplanulata
Collins, Winkelmann, Hadrys & Schierwater, 2005
(
Collins
et al
. 2005
;
Daly
et al
. 2007
;
Cartwright
et al
. 2008
;
Nawrocki
et al
. 2010
). Although no formal redefinition of the
Capitata
has yet been proposed, the order of families herein reflects the two clades believed to exist within
Capitata
.