Davide Maggioni, Peter Schuchert, Andrew N Ostrovsky, Andrea Schiavo, Bert W Hoeksema, Daniela Pica, Stefano Piraino, Roberto Arrigoni, Davide Seveso, Enrico Montalbetti, Paolo Galli, Simone Montano
Capitate hydrozoans are a morphologically and ecologically diverse hydrozoan suborder, currently including about 200 species. Being grouped in two clades, Corynida and Zancleida, these hydrozoans still show a number of taxonomic uncertainties at the species, genus and family levels. Many Capitata species established symbiotic relationships with other benthic organisms, including bryozoans, other cnidarians, molluscs and poriferans, as well as with planktonic dinoflagellates for mixotrophic relationships and with bacteria for thiotrophic ectosymbioses...
December 19, 2023: Cladistics