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Vampyroctena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Cydippida
Family: Vampyroctenidae
Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020
Genus: Vampyroctena
Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020
Species: V. delmarvensis
Binomial name
Vampyroctena delmarvensis
Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020

Vampyroctenidae is a family of ctenophores belonging to the order Cydippida. The family consists of only one genus: Vampyroctena and the only species in this genus is Vampyroctena delmarvensis.

References

  1. "Vampyroctenidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  2. James P Townsend; Michael G Tassia; Alejandro Damian-Serrano; Nathan V. Whelan; Kenneth M. Halanych; Alison M Sweeney (6 May 2020). "A mesopelagic ctenophore representing a new family, with notes on family-level taxonomy in Ctenophora: Vampyroctena delmarvensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Vampyroctenidae, fam. nov.)" (PDF). Marine Biodiversity. 50 (3). doi:10.1007/S12526-020-01049-9. ISSN 1867-1616. Wikidata Q104624525.
Taxon identifiers
Vampyroctenidae


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