''Hormiphora'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of comb jellies of the family
Pleurobrachiidae
Pleurobrachiidae is a family of ctenophores belonging to the order Cydippida.
Genera:
* ''Hormiphora'' L.Agassiz, 1860
* ''Minictena'' C.Carré & D.Carré, 1993
* ''Moseria (ctenophore), Moseria'' Ghigi, 1909
* ''Pleurobrachia'' Fleming, 182 ...
. The genus was erected by
Louis Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he rec ...
in 1860.
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Pleurobrachiidae
Ctenophore genera
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