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Periphyllidae (Crown jellyfish)

Wikipedia Abstract

Periphyllidae is a family of jellyfish. It contains 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.
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Genus

Nauphanthopsis (1)
Nauphantopsis (1)
Pericolpa (4)
Periphylla (Crown jellyfish) (4)
Periphyllopsis (Crown jellyfish) (2)

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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