Cubaia
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| Cubaia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Limnomedusae |
| Family: | Olindiidae |
| Genus: | Cubaia Mayer, 1894[1] |
| Species: | C. aphrodite |
| Binomial name | |
| Cubaia aphrodite Mayer, 1894[1] | |
Cubaia is a genus of freshwater hydrozoans in the family Olindiidae. Like all members of that family, they have a polyp phase and a medusa phase. The genus is monotypic, including only the species Cubaia aphrodite. It has been reported in the Bahamas.[2] The genus is carnivorous and reproduce asexually.[3]
