Rhodaliidae
Family of hydrozoans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rhodaliidae is a family of siphonophores. In Japanese they are called ヒノマルクラゲ (hinomarukurage).[5]
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Rhodaliidae | |
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Dromalia alexandri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Siphonophorae |
Suborder: | Physonectae |
Family: | Rhodaliidae Haeckel, 1888[1] |
Type genus | |
Rhodalia Haeckel, 1888 | |
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Rhodaliids have a characteristic gas-secreting structure called aurophore.[2] Below the enlarged pneumatophore (float), the siphosome and nectosome are contracted into a complex.[2] Rhodaliids have a benthic lifestyle and use their tentacles to attach themselves to the seafloor.[2]