title: Hippopodius
text: # Hippopodius
  
  Hippopodius is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Hippopodiidae.
  
  The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
  
  This genus now contains only a single species, Hippopodius hippopus, although historically it contained more:
  
  * Hippopodius cuspitatus Moser, 1925 accepted as Nectopyramis natans (Bigelow, 1911)
  * Hippopodius glabrus (Bigelow, 1918) accepted as Vogtia glabra Bigelow, 1918
  * Hippopodius gleba Leuckart, 1854 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
  * Hippopodius luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
  * Hippopodius mediterraneus Costa, 1836 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
  * Hippopodius neapolitanus Kölliker, 1853 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
  * Hippopodius pentacanthus (Kölliker, 1853) accepted as Vogtia pentacantha Kölliker, 1853
  * Hippopodius serratus Moser, 1915 accepted as Vogtia serrata (Moser, 1915)
  * Hippopodius spinosus (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861) accepted as Vogtia spinosa Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861
  * Hippopodius ungulatus (Haeckel, 1888) accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)
  