Drymonema

Drymonema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Scyphozoa
Order:Semaeostomeae
Family:Drymonematidae
Bayha & Dawson, 2010
Genus:Drymonema
Haeckel, 1880
Drymonema sp.

Drymonema is a genus of true jellyfish, placed in its own family, the Drymonematidae. Three species are placed in this family. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.[1]

Species

  • Drymonema dalmatinum Haeckel, 1880
  • Drymonema gorgo F. Müller, 1883
  • Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson, 2010

References

  1. Keith M. Bayha & Michael N. Dawson (2010). "New family of allomorphic jellyfishes, Drymonematidae (Scyphozoa, Discomedusae), emphasizes evolution in the functional morphology and trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton". The Biological Bulletin. 219 (3): 249–267. PMID 21183445.


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