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Table 4.1 (continued)
Higher
taxonomy
Genus
Hosts
Example lifestyles
Life history
stages
References
Hydrozoa,
Narcomedusae,
Solmarisidae
P
Pegantha
(5)
Polychaetes
(e.g.
Tomopteris)
Polyps of P.
martagon
attached to
peritoneum of
Tomopteris and
inferred to absorb
nutrients from
coelomic fluid (as
there is no
mouth), budded
medusae released
from polyps into
coelomic cavity
of host
5
Larvae
4 ;
polyps + early
medusae
5
4. Boero
and
Bouillon
(2005); 5.
Bentlage
et al. (2018)
Hydrozoa,
Anthoathecata,
Pandeidae
Hydrichthys
(6)
Fish,
copepod
Attached to and
eroding fish
surface, tentacleless polyps bend
and mouth sucks
in blood and
tissues
4,6
; also
attached to
copepods parasitic
on mesopelagic
lanternfish
7
Polyps
6
4. Boero
and
Bouillon
(2005); 6.
Boero et al.
(1991); 7.
Moser and
Taylor
(1978)
Larsonia
(1)
Fish
Attached to and
eroding fish
surface, tentacleless polyps bend
and mouth sucks
in blood and
tissues
6
Polyps
6
6. Boero
et al. 1991
Perigonella
(1)
Pteropods
P. sulfurea polyps
attach to pteropod
shells and feed on
epithelia and
embryos
4
Polyps
4
4. Boero
and
Bouillon
(2005)
Pandea
(4)
Pteropods
P. conica polyps
attach to pteropod
shells and feed on
epithelia and
embryos
4
Polyps
4
4. Boero
and
Bouillon
(2005)
Hydrozoa,
Anthoathecata,
Incertae sedis
Kinetocodium
(1)
Pteropods
K. danae polyps
attach to pteropod
shells and feed on
epithelia and
embryos
4
Polyps
4
4. Boero
and
Bouillon
(2005)
4 Evolution, Origins and Diversification of Parasitic Cnidarians