PORPITIDAE Goldfuss, 1818
(a family of hydrozoans)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Velella velella
By-the-wind Sailor, By-the-wind-sailor
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 		Species 6 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPORPITIDAE (a family of hydrozoans)
SuborderCAPITATA (an order of coelenterates)
OrderANTHOATHECATA (an order of hydroids)
SubclassHYDROIDOLINA (a subclass of coelenterates)
ClassHYDROZOA (hydroids)
PhylumCNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

PORPITIDAE (a family of hydrozoans) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PORPITIDAE (a family of hydrozoans)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PORPITIDAE (a family of hydrozoans)
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