Diphyidae

Diphyidae

Diphyidae

Family of hydrozoans

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.[1]

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Systematics

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following taxa in the family Diphyidae:[2]

  • Subfamily Diphyinae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
    • Genus Chelophyes Totton, 1932
      • Chelophyes appendiculata (Eschscholtz, 1829)
      • Chelophyes contorta (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
    • Genus Dimophyes Moser, 1925
    • Genus Diphyes Cuvier, 1817
      • Diphyes antarctica Moser, 1925
      • Diphyes bojani (Eschscholtz, 1825)
      • Diphyes chamissonis Huxley, 1859
      • Diphyes dispar Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
    • Genus Eudoxoides Huxley, 1859
      • Eudoxoides mitra (Huxley, 1859)
      • Eudoxoides spiralis (Bigelow, 1911)
    • Genus Lensia Totton, 1932
      • Lensia achilles Totton, 1941
      • Lensia ajax Totton, 1941
      • Lensia asymmetrica Stepanjants, 1970
      • Lensia campanella (Moser, 1917)
      • Lensia challengeri Totton, 1954
      • Lensia conoidea (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
      • Lensia cordata Totton, 1965
      • Lensia cossack Totton, 1941
      • Lensia exeter Totton, 1941
      • Lensia fowleri (Bigelow, 1911)
      • Lensia gnanamuthui Daniel & Daniel, 1963
      • Lensia grimaldii Leloup, 1933
      • Lensia hardy Totton, 1941
      • Lensia havock Totton, 1941
      • Lensia hostile Totton, 1941
      • Lensia hotspur Totton, 1941
      • Lensia hunter Totton, 1941
      • Lensia leloupi Totton, 1954
      • Lensia lelouveteau Totton, 1941
      • Lensia meteori (Leloup, 1934)
      • Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)
      • Lensia panikkari Daniel, 1971
      • Lensia quadriculata Pages, Flood & Youngbluth, 2006
      • Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886)
      • Lensia subtiloides (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
      • Lensia zenkevitchi Margulis, 1970
    • Genus Muggiaea Busch, 1851
  • Subfamily Giliinae Pugh & Pages, 1995
    • Genus Gilia Pugh & Pages, 1995
      • Gilia reticulata (Totton, 1954)
  • Subfamily Sulculeolariinae Totton, 1954
    • Genus Sulculeolaria Blainville, 1830
      • Sulculeolaria biloba (Sars, 1846)
      • Sulculeolaria chuni (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
      • Sulculeolaria monoica (Chun, 1888)
      • Sulculeolaria quadrivalvis de Blainville, 1830
      • Sulculeolaria turgida (Gegenbaur, 1854)

References

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


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