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Snail Fur

Hydractinia echinata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 180, February 133, March 208, April 328, May 472, June 515, July 551, August 474, September 348, October 260, November 142, December 111.
United States3,895
Alaska3,723
Canada300
New Brunswick102
Quebec96
Massachusetts50
Maine50
Nova Scotia40
Prince Edward Island37
Newfoundland and Labrador25

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumCnidarians · Cnidaria
ClassHydrozoans · Hydrozoa
OrderAthecate Hydroids · Anthoathecata
FamilyHydractiniidae
GenusHydractinia

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