#class_Hydrozoa__Hydrozoa coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
supertype: #class__clas (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
member of: #phylum_Cnidaria
member: #hydrozoan__hydroid colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
member: #genus_Hydra hydras
member: #hydra small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
member: #order_Siphonophora__Siphonophora marine colonial hydrozoans
member: #siphonophore a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored
member: #genus_Nanomia a genus of Siphonophora
member: #nanomia small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey
member: #genus_Physalia__Physalia Portuguese man-of-war
member: #Portuguese_man-of-war__man-of-war__jellyfish large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
member: #genus_Sertularia__Sertularia sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies
member: #sertularian feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps
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