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Tjalfiella

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Tjalfiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Platyctenida
Family: Tjalfiellidae
Komai, 1922
Genus: Tjalfiella
Mortensen, 1910
Species:
T. tristoma
Binomial name
Tjalfiella tristoma
Mortensen, 1910

Tjalfiellidae is a family of ctenophores belonging to the order Platyctenida.[1]

Genera:[1]


Tjalfiella is recorded by Mortensen (1912) from deep water off Greenland, originally classified as member of Platyctenidae. Its whole length is about 14 cm, the width is 12 cm — smaller than Lyrocteis imperatoris.[2]


References

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  1. ^ a b "Tjalfiellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ Taku Komai: 49. A New Remarkable Sessile Ctenophore. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy. 17(6): 216-220. Institute of Zoology, Kyoto Imperial University, June 12, 1941.