| Aulacoctena | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Cydippida |
| Family: | Aulacoctenidae Lindsay & Miyake, 2007 |
| Genus: | Aulacoctena Mortensen, 1932 |
| Species: | A. acuminata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulacoctena acuminata Mortensen, 1932 | |
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