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Zygophylax pinnata

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Zygophylax pinnata is a species of cnidaria in the family Zygophylacidae. The species is carnivorous. Individuals can get up to 270 μm. They also reproduce asexually.[2]

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Zygophylax pinnata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Zygophylacidae
Genus: Zygophylax
Species:
Z. pinnata
Binomial name
Zygophylax pinnata
(G.O. Sars, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Halecium robustum Verrill, 1873
  • Lafoea halecioides Allman, 1874
  • Lafoea pinnata G.O. Sars, 1874
  • Lictorella halecioides (Allman, 1874)
  • Lictorella pinnata (G.O. Sars, 1874)
  • Lictorella pinnata var. annelata Pictet & Bedot, 1900
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The species occurs in northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the western parts of Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.[3] In the Barents Sea the species occurs in the bathyal zone in low temperatures.[4]

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