| Spirocodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Anthoathecata |
| Family: | Corynidae |
| Genus: | Spirocodon Haeckel, 18802 |
| Species: | S. saltatrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Spirocodon saltatrix | |
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Spirocodon is a monotypic genus of hydrozoans with Spirocodon saltatrix as the only species in the genus. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, and was first described in 1818 by the German naturalist and explorer Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau.
References
References
- Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius, 1818)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Spirocodon Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.