Vampyroctena
| Vampyroctena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Cydippida |
| Family: | Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020 |
| Genus: | 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.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Vampyroctenidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ 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.