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Periphyllidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Coronatae

Higher classification
  
Crown jellyfish

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Scientific name
  
Periphyllidae

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Scyphozoa, Crown jellyfish, Cnidaria, Linuchidae, Periphylla

The Periphyllidae are a family of jellyfish containing 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.

Genera

  • Nauphantopsis
  • Nauphantopsis diomedeae Fewkes, 1885
  • Pericolpa
  • Pericolpa campana (Haeckel, 1880)
  • Pericolpa quadrigata Haeckel, 1880
  • Periphylla
  • Periphylla periphylla (helmet jellyfish) (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
  • Periphyllopsis
  • Periphyllopsis braueri Vanhöffen, 1902
  • Periphyllopsis galatheae Kramp, 1959

    • References

    Periphyllidae Wikipedia
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