Hydractinia
E1221061
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Hydractinia is a genus of small colonial marine hydrozoans often found encrusting shells inhabited by hermit crabs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hydractinia canonical | 1 |
| Hydractiniidae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16551454 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hydractinia Context triple: [Hydractinia echinata, genus, Hydractinia]
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A.
Hydractinia echinata
Hydractinia echinata is a small colonial marine hydrozoan that commonly grows on hermit crab shells and is used as a model organism for studying regeneration and allorecognition.
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B.
Clytia
Clytia is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of Tantalus, a king infamous for offending the gods and suffering eternal punishment.
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C.
Stauromedusae
Stauromedusae are a distinctive order of stalked, sessile jellyfish that attach to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters rather than swimming freely like typical medusae.
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D.
Obelia
Obelia is a genus of small, colonial marine hydrozoans known for their delicate, branching colonies and alternation of polyp and medusa life stages.
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E.
Anesidora
Anesidora is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter that emphasizes her role as the giver of gifts, especially the bounty of the earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hydractinia Target entity description: Hydractinia is a genus of small colonial marine hydrozoans often found encrusting shells inhabited by hermit crabs.
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A.
Hydractinia echinata
Hydractinia echinata is a small colonial marine hydrozoan that commonly grows on hermit crab shells and is used as a model organism for studying regeneration and allorecognition.
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B.
Clytia
Clytia is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of Tantalus, a king infamous for offending the gods and suffering eternal punishment.
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C.
Stauromedusae
Stauromedusae are a distinctive order of stalked, sessile jellyfish that attach to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters rather than swimming freely like typical medusae.
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D.
Obelia
Obelia is a genus of small, colonial marine hydrozoans known for their delicate, branching colonies and alternation of polyp and medusa life stages.
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E.
Anesidora
Anesidora is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter that emphasizes her role as the giver of gifts, especially the bounty of the earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hydractiniidae