Candelabridae Explained

Candelabridae is a small family of cnidarians within the class Hydrozoa. Myriothelidae Hincks, 1868 and Symplectaneidae Fraser, 1941 are now accepted as synonyms of this family.

Genera and Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following genera and species exist in this family:

• Candelabrum de Blainville, 1880 synonym Myriothela Sars, 1850^[1]
  • Candelabrum australe (Briggs, 1928)
  • Candelabrum austrogeorgiae (Jäderholm, 1904)
  • Candelabrum austro-georgiae Jäderholm, 1905
  • Candelabrum capensis (Manton, 1940)
  • Candelabrum cocksii (Cocks, 1854)
  • Candelabrum fritchmanii Hewitt & Goddard, 2001
  • Candelabrum giganteum (Bonnevie, 1898)
  • Candelabrum harrisoni (Briggs, 1928)
  • Candelabrum meridianum (Briggs, 1939)
  • Candelabrum minutum (Bonnevie, 1898)
  • Candelabrum mitra (Bonnevie, 1898)
  • Candelabrum penola (Manton, 1940)
  • Candelabrum phrygium (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Candelabrum serpentarii Segonzac & Vervoort, 1995
  • Candelabrum tentaculatum (Millard, 1966)
  • Candelabrum verrucosum (Bonnevie, 1898)
• Fabulosus Stepanjants, Sheiko & Napara, 1990
  • Fabulosus kurilensis Stepanjants, Sheiko & Napara, 1990^[2]
• Monocoryne Broch, 1910 synonym Symplectanea Fraser, 1941^[3]
  • Monocoryne bracteata (Fraser, 1943)
  • Monocoryne colonialis Brinckmann-Voss & Lindner, 2008
  • Monocoryne gigantea (Bonnevie, 1898)
  • Monocoryne minor Millard, 1966

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Candelabrum de Blainville, 1830 . marinespecies.org . 11 August 2013.
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Fabulosus kurilensis Stepanjants, Sheiko & Napara, 1990 . marinespecies.org . 11 August 2013.
3. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Monocoryne Broch, 1910 . marinespecies.org . 11 August 2013.