Pleurobrachia
| Pleurobrachia | |
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| Pleurobrachia bachei with its oral end down | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Cydippida |
| Family: | Cydippidae |
| Genus: | Fleming, 1822 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurobrachia pileus Müller, 1776[1] | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurobrachia is a common genus of Ctenophora (an exclusively marine phylum). Along with the genus Hormiphora,[2] it generally has the common name sea gooseberry. It contains the following species:[1]
- 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
- ^ a b c WoRMS (2010). "Pleurobrachia Fleming, 1822". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
- ^ Britannica, sea gooseberry