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Diphyidae

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Family of hydrozoans

Diphyidae
Diphyes sp. from the Black Sea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Suborder: Calycophorae
Family: Diphyidae
Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Genera
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The Diphyidae are a family of siphonophores. These are colonial siphonophores with two nectophores (swimming bells) arranged one behind the other. The front one includes a somatocyst (extension of the gastrovascular system), while the hind one does not. The somatocyst often contains an oil droplet for buoyancy control. A nectosac (central cavity with muscular walls) in each nectophore allows the organism to swim efficiently.

Systematics

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following taxa in the family Diphyidae:

References

  1. ^ Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
Taxon identifiers
Diphyidae


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