• Source: Conica (suborder)

Conica are a cnidarian suborder of the Leptomedusae (thecate hydroids). They make up the bulk of their order; their internal relationships are not well resolved, and most of the roughly 30 families are not yet assigned to a superfamily.
They are named for the distinctive shape of their hypostome, the "tip" of the polyps' body where the mouth is located. As opposed to the smaller thecate suborder Proboscidoidea with their elongated hypostome, the Conica have a simple hypostome without a pregastric cavity and a shape that is generally round or conical.
Well-known members of the Conica are the "air fern" (Sertilaria argentea) of the Sertulariidae which is sold dried as novelty "plants" and aquarium ornaments, and the Crystal Jelly (Aequorea victoria) of the Aequoreidae, a bioluminescent hydrozoan.




Systematics


Apart from the families assigned to the three named superfamilies, there are many Conica that are presently unassigned as to superfamily, either because their relationships and/or validity remain unknown or because they represent minor but very ancient lineages basal to the three main radiations within this order:

Basal and incertae sedis

Family Aequoreidae
Family Barcinidae
Family Clathrozoellidae (often included in Clathrozoidae or placed in Anthomedusae)
Family Clathrozoidae Stechow, 1921
Family Dipleurosomatidae
Family Eirenidae (including Eutimidae, Timoididae)
Family Haleciidae
Family Lafoeidae (including Hebellidae)
Family Laodiceidae
Family Lovenellidae (including Eucheilotidae)
Family Malagazziidae
Family Melicertidae
Family Mitrocomidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Octocannoidae
Family Orchistomatidae
Family Phialellidae
Family Sugiuridae
Family Syntheciidae
Family Teclaiidae
Family Tiarannidae
Family Tiaropsidae Boero, Bouillon & Danovaro, 1987
Family Zygophylaxidae (often included in Lafoeidae)
Superfamily Campanulinoidea (disputed)

Family Blackfordiidae
Family Calycellidae (often included in Campanulinidae)
Family Campanulinidae
Family Lineolariidae (often included in Campanulinidae)
Superfamily Plumularioidea (4 families)
Superfamily Sertularioidea

Family Sertulariidae Fleming, 1828
Family Thyroscyphidae




Footnotes






References


MarineSpecies.org (2008): Conica. Retrieved 2008-JUL-08.
Schuchert, Peter (2008): The Hydrozoa Directory - Suborder Conica Broch, 1910. Retrieved 2008-JUL-08.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Conica (suborder)
• Conica
• Acanalonia conica
• Pyrgomorpha conica
• Laodicea
• Acrida conica
• Eryx conicus
• Acrida
• Planthopper
• Plumularioidea