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.[1]
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| Diphyes sp. from the Black Sea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Suborder: | Calycophorae |
| Family: | Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827[1] |
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Systematics
editThe World Register of Marine Species includes the following taxa in the family Diphyidae:[2]
- 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)
- Genus Chelophyes Totton, 1932
- Subfamily Giliinae Pugh & Pages, 1995
- Genus Gilia Pugh & Pages, 1995
- Gilia reticulata (Totton, 1954)
- Genus Gilia Pugh & Pages, 1995
- 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)
- Genus Sulculeolaria Blainville, 1830
References
edit- ^ a b Schuchert, Peter (2015). "Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
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