Candelabridae Stechow 1921

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.^[1]

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^[2]
  • 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^[3]
• Monocoryne Broch, 1910 synonym Symplectanea Fraser, 1941^[4]
  • Monocoryne bracteata (Fraser, 1943)
  • Monocoryne colonialis Brinckmann-Voss & Lindner, 2008
  • Monocoryne gigantea (Bonnevie, 1898)
  • Monocoryne minor Millard, 1966

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