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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