Pleurobrachia
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| Pleurobrachia bachei with its oral end down | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Cydippida |
| Family: | Pleurobrachiidae |
| Genus: | Pleurobrachia Fleming, 1822 |
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Pleurobrachia is a common genus of Ctenophora (an exclusively marine phylum). Along with the genus Hormiphora,[1] it generally has the common name sea gooseberry. It contains the following species:[2]
- Pleurobrachia arctica Wagner, 1885
- Pleurobrachia australis (Benham, 1907)
- Pleurobrachia bachei L. Agassiz, 1860
- Pleurobrachia brunnea Mayer, 1912
- Pleurobrachia dimidiata Eschscholtz, 1829
- Pleurobrachia globosa Moser
- Pleurobrachia pigmentata Moser, 1903
- Pleurobrachia pileus (Müller, 1776)
- Pleurobrachia rhododactyla L. Agassiz, 1860
- Pleurobrachia rhodopis Chun, 1880
- Pleurobrachia striata Moser
References
[edit]- ^ Britannica, sea gooseberry
- ^ WoRMS (2010). "Pleurobrachia Fleming, 1822". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
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