Oceaniidae
Oceania armata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Anthoathecata
Suborder:	Filifera
Family:	Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829[1]
Diversity
9 or 10 genera, 40+ species

Oceaniidae is one of the over 50 cnidarian families of the order Anthomedusae. It contains nearly 50 species in ten genera.^[1]

Genera

• Corydendrium (11 species)
• Corystolona (monotypic)
• Merona (5 species)
• Oceania (6 species)
• Pachycordyle (disputed)
• Rhizogeton (7 species)
• Similomerona (monotypic)
• Tubiclava (5 species)
• Turritopsis (11 species)
• Turritopsoides (monotypic)

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  Corydendrium parasiticum, Stalk section of colony showing branching pattern, magnification × 8. br. = branch, coen. = coenosarc, n.t.1/2/3/4 = new tubes enveloping a branch from a coenosarcal strand and wedged in between older tubes, peri. = perisarc, ram.1/2/3 = short bearing hydranths, st. = stem.
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  Turritopsis life cycle. Two branches from the tree-like colony are shown, with a feeding hydra (A) the tip of each twig. Buds at the base of the hydra (at B) eventually detach and grow into adult jellyfish (K)

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