#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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