''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.

References

* * Pleurobrachiidae Ctenophore genera {{Ctenophore-stub