Rhodaliidae | |
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Dromalia alexandri | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Siphonophorae |
Suborder: | Physonectae |
Family: |
Rhodaliidae Haeckel, 1888 [1] |
Type genus | |
Rhodalia
Haeckel, 1888
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Genera and species | |
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Synonyms [2] | |
Rhodaliidae is a family of siphonophores. In Japanese they are called ヒノマルクラゲ (hinomarukurage). [5]
Rhodaliids have a characteristic gas-secreting structure called aurophore. [2] Below the enlarged pneumatophore (float), the siphosome and nectosome are contracted into a complex. [2] Rhodaliids have a benthic lifestyle and use their tentacles to attach themselves to the seafloor. [2]
Rhodaliidae contains the following subtaxa: [2]
Rhodaliidae | |
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Dromalia alexandri | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Siphonophorae |
Suborder: | Physonectae |
Family: |
Rhodaliidae Haeckel, 1888 [1] |
Type genus | |
Rhodalia
Haeckel, 1888
| |
Genera and species | |
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Synonyms [2] | |
Rhodaliidae is a family of siphonophores. In Japanese they are called ヒノマルクラゲ (hinomarukurage). [5]
Rhodaliids have a characteristic gas-secreting structure called aurophore. [2] Below the enlarged pneumatophore (float), the siphosome and nectosome are contracted into a complex. [2] Rhodaliids have a benthic lifestyle and use their tentacles to attach themselves to the seafloor. [2]
Rhodaliidae contains the following subtaxa: [2]