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Hydrozoa
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Hydrozoa
the class of aquatic jellyfishes to which the Portuguese-man-of-war belongs.
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KEY WORDS: mussel aquaculture, Mytilus, bivalve growth, competition, suspended culture, carrying capacity INTRODUCTION High population densities characteristic of many suspension-feeding benthic invertebrates such as bivalves, tunicates, and hydrozoans may lead to intraspecific competition (Okamura 1986, Boromthanarat & Deslous-Paoli 1988, Frechette et al.
Experimental manipulation of suspended culture socks: growth and ... by Senechal, Judith; Grant, Jon; Archambault, Marie-Claude / Journal of Shellfish Research
Then there are two groups of close relatives--box jellies and hydrozoans (HIGH-druh-ZOH-unz).
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Hydrozoans called Trachymedusae have diminutive bells and belong to the jet set.
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