The Diphyidae are a family of
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siphonophores with two
nectophores (swimming bells) arranged one behind the other. The front one includes a somatocyst (extension of the gastrovascular system), while the hind one does not. The somatocyst often contains an oil droplet for buoyancy control. A nectosac (central cavity with muscular walls) in each nectophore allows the organism to swim efficiently.
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Systematics
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includes the following taxa in the family Diphyidae:
*Subfamily Diphyinae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
** Genus '' Chelophyes'' Totton, 1932
*** '' Chelophyes appendiculata'' (Eschscholtz, 1829)
*** '' Chelophyes contorta'' (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
** Genus '' Dimophyes'' Moser, 1925
*** '' Dimophyes arctica'' (Chun, 1897)
** Genus '' Diphyes'' Cuvier, 1817
*** '' Diphyes antarctica'' Moser, 1925
*** '' Diphyes bojani'' (Eschscholtz, 1825)
*** '' Diphyes chamissonis'' Huxley, 1859
*** '' Diphyes dispar'' Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
** Genus '' Eudoxoides'' Huxley, 1859
*** '' Eudoxoides mitra'' (Huxley, 1859)
*** '' Eudoxoides spiralis'' (Bigelow, 1911)
** Genus '' Lensia'' Totton, 1932
*** '' Lensia achilles'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia ajax'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia asymmetrica'' Stepanjants, 1970
*** '' Lensia campanella'' (Moser, 1917)
*** '' Lensia challengeri'' Totton, 1954
*** '' Lensia conoidea'' (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
*** '' Lensia cordata'' Totton, 1965
*** '' Lensia cossack'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia exeter'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia fowleri'' (Bigelow, 1911)
*** '' Lensia gnanamuthui'' Daniel & Daniel, 1963
*** '' Lensia grimaldii'' Leloup, 1933
*** '' Lensia hardy'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia havock'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia hostile'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia hotspur'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia hunter'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia leloupi'' Totton, 1954
*** '' Lensia lelouveteau'' Totton, 1941
*** '' Lensia meteori'' (Leloup, 1934)
*** '' Lensia multicristata'' (Moser, 1925)
*** '' Lensia panikkari'' Daniel, 1971
*** '' Lensia quadriculata'' Pages, Flood & Youngbluth, 2006
*** '' Lensia subtilis'' (Chun, 1886)
*** '' Lensia subtiloides'' (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
*** '' Lensia zenkevitchi'' Margulis, 1970
** Genus '' Muggiaea'' Busch, 1851
*** '' Muggiaea atlantica'' Cunningham, 1892
*** '' Muggiaea bargmannae'' Totton, 1954
*** '' Muggiaea delsmani'' Totton, 1954
*** '' Muggiaea kochii'' (Will, 1844)
* Subfamily Giliinae Pugh & Pages, 1995
** Genus '' Gilia'' Pugh & Pages, 1995
*** '' Gilia reticulata'' (Totton, 1954)
* Subfamily Sulculeolariinae Totton, 1954
** Genus '' Sulculeolaria'' Blainville, 1830
*** '' Sulculeolaria biloba'' (Sars, 1846)
*** '' Sulculeolaria chuni'' (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
*** '' Sulculeolaria monoica'' (Chun, 1888)
*** '' Sulculeolaria quadrivalvis'' de Blainville, 1830
*** '' Sulculeolaria turgida'' (Gegenbaur, 1854)
References
Calycophorae
Cnidarian families
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