Hybocodon prolifer

Hybocodon prolifer is a species of Hydrozoa belonging to the family Tubulariidae.^[1]

Hybocodon prolifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Anthoathecata
Family:	Tubulariidae
Genus:	Hybocodon
Species:	H. prolifer
Binomial name
Hybocodon prolifer Agassiz, 1862

It was first described in 1860 by Louis Agassiz.^[2]

H. prolifer has a cosmopolitan distribution^[3] and is distinct from the other species of Hybocodon in its medusoid stage by the fact that it buds medusa from the tentacular bulb bearing its single moniliform tentacle.^[4]