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Rhodaliidae
Sign in to saveRhodaliidae is a family of siphonophores. In Japanese they are called ().
Species
ヒノマルクラゲ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderSiphonophorae
- FamilyRhodaliidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Rhodaliidae
- Collections
- NMV, MCZ, QM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Marshall Islands
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- Dromalia alexandri.jpg
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Rhodaliidae is a family of siphonophores. In Japanese they are called ().
Rhodaliids have a characteristic gas-secreting structure called aurophore. Below the enlarged pneumatophore (float), the siphosome and nectosome are contracted into a complex. Rhodaliids have a benthic lifestyle and use their tentacles to attach themselves to the seafloor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhodaliidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.