Drymonema

Drymonema
Drymonema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Medusozoa
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Drymonematidae
Bayha & Dawson, 2010
Genus: Drymonema
Lendenfeld, 1887

Drymonema is a genus of jellyfish, placed in its own family, Drymonematidae. There are 3 species 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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