(Linnaeus, 1758)

Only floating polyp-bearing colonies are known from South Atlantic, medusae never recorded in this ocean.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Subphylum Medusozoa
Superclass Hydrozoa
Class Hydroidomedusae
Subclass Anthomedusae
Order Capitata
Suborder Zancleida
Family Porpitidae
Genus Porpita
Species Porpita porpita

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758)

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