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Cuninidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Order
  
Narcomedusae

Class
  
Hydrozoa

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Narcomedusae, Rhopalonematidae, Periphyllidae, Abylidae

The Cuninidae are a family of jellyfish in the order Narcomedusae. They have dome-shaped bells and tentacles set above the undulating margin of the bell. Their gastric pouches contain the gonads situated in line with the tentacles, the number of pouches being the same as the number of tentacles. The pouches do not extend below the points of origin of the primary tentacles. Members of some genera have a peripheral canal system and others do not. No radial canals or secondary tentaclesvare present.

Genera and species

The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera and species:

  • Cunina Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Cunina becki Bouillon, 1985
  • Cunina duplicata Maas, 1893
  • Cunina fowleri (Browne, 1906)
  • Cunina frugifera Kramp, 1948
  • Cunina globosa Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Cunina lativentris Gegenbaur, 1856
  • Cunina octonaria McCrady, 1857
  • Cunina peregrina Bigelow, 1909
  • Cunina polygonia (Haeckel, 1879)
  • Cunina proboscidea E. & L. Metschnikoff, 1871
  • Cunina simplex Gili, Bouillon, Pagès, Palanques, Puig & Heussner, 1998
  • Cunina tenella (Bigelow, 1909)
  • Cunina vitrea Gegenbaur, 1856
  • Sigiweddellia Bouillon, Pagès & Gili, 2001
  • Sigiweddellia benthopelagica Bouillon, Pagès & Gili, 2001
  • Solmissus
  • Solmissus albescens (Gegenbaur, 1856)
  • Solmissus incisa (Fewkes, 1886)
  • Solmissus marshalli Agassiz & Mayer, 1902
  • References

    Cuninidae Wikipedia