Kirchenpaueriidae

Taxobox
name = Kirchenpaueriidae
regnum = Animalia
subregnum = Eumetazoa
phylum = Cnidaria
subphylum = Medusozoa
classis = Hydrozoa
subclassis = Leptolinae
ordo = Leptomedusae
subordo = Conica
superfamilia = Plumularioidea
familia = Kirchenpaueriidae
familia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = 8, see text

The Kirchenpaueriidae are a hydrozoan family of the superfamily Plumularioidea. Their hydrocladia are characteristically set in an alternating fashion as one progresses along the stems, forming two neat rows except in "Oswaldella laertesi", which has three such rows. The alternating placement of the hydrocladia can be used to distinguish them from the Plumulariidae which may look superficially similar.

There are 8 genera [MarineSpecies.org (2008), Schuchert (2008)]
* "Halicornopsis"
* "Kirchenpaueria"
* "Naumovia"
* "Ophinella"
* "Oswaldella" - formerly in Plumulariidae
* "Pycnotheca" - formerly in Plumulariidae
* "Ventromma"
* "Wimveria"

Footnotes

References

* (2008): [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22796 Kirchenpaueriidae] . Retrieved 2008-JUL-08.
* (2008): [http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/hydrozoa/hydrozoa-directory.htm The Hydrozoa Directory] . Retrieved 2008-JUL-08.