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Cydippida (Comb jellies)

Wikipedia Abstract

Cydippida is an order of comb jellies. They are distinguished from other comb jellies by their spherical or oval bodies, and the fact their tentacles are branched, and can be retracted into pouches on either side of the pharynx.
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Family

Aulacoctenidae (1)
Bathyctenidae (Comb jelly) (2)
Cryptocodidae (1)
Ctenellidae (1)
Dryodoridae (1)
Euchloridae (1)
Euplokamididae (6)
Haeckeliidae (Comb jelly) (4)
Lampeidae (Comb jelly) (5)
Mertensiidae (Comb jelly) (2)
Pleurobrachiidae (Comb jelly) (32)
Pukiidae (2)
Vampyroctenidae (1)

Genus

Archeocydippida (1)
Cydippe (3)
Duobrachium (1)
Eschscholthia (1)
Eschscholtzia (1)
Paleoctenophora (1)
Paracelsia (1)
Thoe (1)
Tizardia (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0