• Source: Diphyidae

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.




Systematics


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

Subfamily Diphyinae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Genus Chelophyes Totton, 1932
Chelophyes appendiculata (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Chelophyes contorta (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
Genus Dimophyes Moser, 1925
Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897)
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
Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham, 1892
Muggiaea bargmannae Totton, 1954
Muggiaea delsmani Totton, 1954
Muggiaea kochii (Will, 1844)
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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Diphyidae
• Calycophorae
• Siphonophorae
• Diphyes
• Muggiaea kochii
• Lensia
• Muggiaea atlantica
• Diphyes dispar
• Aristaeomorpha foliacea
• Dimophyes