Polypodium hydriforme
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For the plant genus, see Polypodium.
Polypodium is a genus of cnidarians that parasitizes in the eggs of sturgeon and similar fishes (Acipenseridae and Polyodontidae).[2] It is one of the few metazoans (animals) that live inside the cells of other animals.
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Polypodium hydriforme | |
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Two specimens of free-living Polypodium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Polypodiozoa Raikova, 1988 |
Order: | Polypodiidea Poche, 1914 |
Family: | Polypodiidae Poche, 1914 |
Genus: | Polypodium Ussov, 1885 |
Species: | P. hydriforme |
Binomial name | |
Polypodium hydriforme (Ussov, 1885)[1] | |
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Polypodium hydriforme is the only species of this monotypic genus. The parent family (Polypodiidae), order (Polypodiidea) and class (Polypodiozoa) are also monotypic.