Ptychophorae | |
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Bazinga rieki | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Scyphozoa |
Order: | Rhizostomeae |
Suborder: | Ptychophorae Gershwin & Davie, 2013 |
Ptychophorae is a suborder of rhizostome jellyfish, identified in 2013 by Gershwin and Davie. [1]
The word Ptychophorae is said to be derived from the Greek ptychos (fold, leaf, layer) and phoras (bearing), in reference to the hooded rhopalia. [1] The proper word for 'fold' in ancient Greek is however ptyx (πτύξ). [2]
Ptychophorae are distinguished by the following features:
The single identified member of this suborder is the Bazinga rieki .