Platyctenidae

Platyctenidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Platyctenida
Family: Platyctenidae

Platyctenidae is a family of ctenophores belonging to the order Platyctenida.[1][2]

Formerly, Tjalfiella Mortensen was classified in this family[3] but appears now to be a member of ist own family Tjalfiellidae.[4] World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) does not list any (remaining) members of the family (as of Nov. 2021), though indicating it as validly published.[2] Therefore it remains unclear if Platyctenidae might be a synonym of Tjalfiellidae.

References

  1. ^ "Platyctenidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS: Platyctenidae
  3. ^ Taku Komai: 49. A New Remarkable Sessile Ctenophore. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy. 17(6): 216-220. Institute of Zoology, Kyoto Imperial University, June 12, 1941.
  4. ^ WoRMS: Tjalfiellidae Komai, 1922


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