Periphyllidae
Sign in to savePeriphyllidae is a family of jellyfish containing four genera and six species. The most well-known member of the family, Periphylla periphylla, is usually considered a deep-sea species, but it forms large blooms in surface waters of Norwegian fjords.
Species
Periphyllid
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassScyphozoa
- OrderCoronatae
- FamilyPeriphyllidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- Family
- Periphyllidae
- Collections
- NMV, QM, AM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Antarctica
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Encyclopedic overview
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Periphyllidae is a family of jellyfish containing four genera and six species. The most well-known member of the family, Periphylla periphylla, is usually considered a deep-sea species, but it forms large blooms in surface waters of Norwegian fjords.
==Genera== Nauphantopsis Nauphantopsis diomedeae Fewkes, 1885 Pericolpa Pericolpa campana (Haeckel, 1880) Pericolpa quadrigata Haeckel, 1880 Periphylla Periphylla periphylla (helmet jellyfish) (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Periphyllopsis Periphyllopsis braueri Vanhöffen, 1902 Periphyllopsis galatheae Kramp, 1959
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