Bathyphysa

Last updated

Bathyphysa
NMNH-IZ1160071 IZ1160072 CUR11547 Bathyphysa CUR11548 Hyperiids P6282784.jpg
Bathyphysa conifera
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Rhizophysidae
Genus: Bathyphysa
Studer, 1878 [1]
Species [2]
Synonyms [2]

Bathyphysa is a genus of siphonophores with 3 species in it. [2]

Related Research Articles

<i>Rostanga</i> Genus of gastropods

Rostanga is a genus of sea slugs in the family Discodorididae. Some sources, such as The Sea Slug Forum still classify Rostanga in the family Dorididae.

<i>Bursatella leachii</i> Species of gastropod

Bursatella leachii, common name the ragged sea hare or shaggy sea hare, is a species of large sea slug or sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares. Previously thought to be a single worldwide species it is now known to be a species complex.

<i>Acropora</i> Genus of stony coral

Acropora is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. Acropora species are some of the major reef corals responsible for building the immense calcium carbonate substructure that supports the thin living skin of a reef.

<i>Toxochelys</i> Extinct genus of turtles

Toxochelys is an extinct genus of marine turtle from the Late Cretaceous period. It is the most commonly found fossilized turtle species in the Smoky Hill Chalk, in western Kansas.

Pomatiidae Family of gastropods

The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae.

<i>Naticarius</i> Genus of gastropods

Naticarius is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Gibbula magus</i> Species of gastropod

Gibbula magus, common name the great top shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Nepotilla amoena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

<i>Margarites striatus</i> Species of gastropod

Margarites striatus, common name the striate margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.

<i>Euspira obtusa</i> Species of mollusc

Euspira obtusa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Euspira subplicata</i> Species of gastropod

Euspira subplicata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Monoplex pilearis</i> Species of gastropod

Monoplex pilearis, common name the hairy triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.

Blackspotted snake eel species of eel in the family Ophichthidae

The Blackspotted snake eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by Théophile Rudolf Studer in 1889. It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known from the western and southern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles, Brazil, and Ascension Island. It is known to dwell at a depth of 12 meters, and inhabits sand and turtle grass; it forms burrows which leave its head exposed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 71 centimeters.

<i>Isopora</i> Genus of corals

Isopora is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria.

<i>Bathyphysa conifera</i> Species of siphonophore sometimes called the flying spaghetti monster

Bathyphysa conifera, sometimes called the flying spaghetti monster, is a bathypelagic species of siphonophore in the family Rhizophysidae.

Rhizophysidae is a family of siphonophores in the suborder Cystonectae. It includes Bathyphysa conifera, sometimes called the "flying spaghetti monster".

Rhodaliidae Family of hydrozoans

Rhodaliidae is a family of siphonophores. In Japanese they are called ヒノマルクラゲ.

<i>Lefroyella</i> Genus of glass sponges

Lefroyella is a genus of glass sponges in the subfamily Euretinae, containing 2 species.

Epigrus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Epigridae.

References

  1. Studer, T. (1878). Über Siphonophoren des tiefen Wassers. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 31: 1-24, pls 1-3.
  2. 1 2 3 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathyphysa Studer, 1878". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  3. Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53809#page/1053/mode/1up page(s): 968