Anthoathecata, Cornelius, 1992

Galea, Horia R. & Maggioni, Davide, 2024, On some tropical hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 5428 (1), pp. 1-57 : 37

Anthoathecata : Capitata: Sphaerocorynidae

Sphaerocoryne bedoti Pictet, 1893 is a well-established species with a wide distribution and limited intra-specific divergence, as confirmed by the inclusion of the Balinese sequence in the phylogenetic reconstruction ( Fig. 24C ).

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FIGURE 24. Phylogenetic hypotheses of the families Tubulariidae (A), Cladocorynidae (B) and Sphaerocorynidae (C) based on the 16S rRNA region. Numbers at nodes represent BPP and MLBS, respectively.