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Kerunia

Hydrozoa

Discussion

Oriented thin sections, serial sectioning and SEM studies reveal a basically hydrozoan microstructure. The characteristic shape of Kerunia is the net result of a complicated symbiotic relationship between a hydrozoan, a hermit crab, and its original home inherited from a gastropod.

Taxonomy
Kerunia was named by Mayer-Eymar (1899).

It was synonymized subjectively with Hydractinia by Bayer et al. (1956).

It was assigned to Hydrozoa by Abdelmohsen (2003).

Species
Entered
by S. Peters on 2020-02-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Kerunia Mayer-Eymar
2003Kerunia Abdelmohsen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
RankNameAuthor
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
genusKeruniaMayer-Eymar 1899

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Kerunia Mayer-Eymar 1899
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Kerunia cornuta Mayer-Eymar 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available