Kudacoryne Maggioni, 2021

Maggioni, Davide, Schuchert, Peter, Arrigoni, Roberto, Hoeksema, Bert W., Huang, Danwei, Strona, Giovanni, Seveso, Davide, Berumen, Michael L., Montalbetti, Enrico, Collins, Richard, Galli, Paolo & Montano, Simone, 2021, Integrative systematics illuminates the relationships in two sponge-associated hydrozoan families (Capitata: Sphaerocorynidae and Zancleopsidae), Contributions to Zoology 90, pp. 487-525 : 500

Kudacoryne Maggioni gen. nov.

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Diagnosis: Hydroids like in Sphaerocoryne ; medusae unknown.

Genetic diagnosis: 45 molecular diagnostic characters differentiate Kudacoryne from other genera in the family, specifically 12 in the 16S, 17 in the COX1, 14 in the COX3, 1 in the 18S, and 1 in the 28S ( table 2 ).

Etymology: The generic name derives from the combination of ‘Kuda’, meaning ‘little’ in Divehi (Maldivian) language, reflecting the smaller size of polyps compared to other sphaerocorynid species, and - coryne.

Type species: Kudacoryne diaphana Maggioni sp. nov.