Rhizophysidae | |
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Illustration of Rhizophysa filiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Siphonophorae |
Suborder: | Cystonectae |
Family: | Rhizophysidae Brandt, 1835 [1] |
Genera [2] and species | |
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