Cystonectae | |
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Illustration of a Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Siphonophorae |
Suborder: |
Cystonectae Haeckel, 1887 [1] |
Families and genera [2] | |
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Cystonectae is a suborder of siphonophores. [2] It includes the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) and Bathyphysa conifera.
In Japanese, it is called 嚢泳 [3] (Nōei).
The typical cystonect body plan has a pneumatophore (float) and siphosome (line of polyps) but no nectosome (propulsion medusae). [4]
Cystonectae | |
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Illustration of a Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Siphonophorae |
Suborder: |
Cystonectae Haeckel, 1887 [1] |
Families and genera [2] | |
|
Cystonectae is a suborder of siphonophores. [2] It includes the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) and Bathyphysa conifera.
In Japanese, it is called 嚢泳 [3] (Nōei).
The typical cystonect body plan has a pneumatophore (float) and siphosome (line of polyps) but no nectosome (propulsion medusae). [4]