Hydra circumcincta Schulze, 1914 (Anthomedusae, Hydridae). This freshwater species (height about 15 mm) was earlier placed in an own order, but its cnidome that includes stenoteles and desmonemes strongly suggests that it belongs to the Capitata. Molecular phylogenetic analyses have confirmed this



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