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Ctenophora

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
PHYLUM
Published in
Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1–190, 116 pls. http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=35914

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Ctenophora

Name

Homonyms
Ctenophora
Ctenophora Meigen, 1803
Ctenophora (Grunow) D.M.Williams & Round, 1986
Ctenophora Blackwall, 1870
Ctenophora A.de Brebisson ex F.T.Kützing, 1849
Ctenophora A.Grunow, 1862
Common names
Comb Jellies in English
Cténophores, Cténaires in French
Ribbegopler in Danish
castanha do mar in Portuguese
comb jellies in English
comb jelly in English
ctenóforo in Portuguese
kampamaneetit in Finnish
sea walnuts in English
Comb Jellies in language.
comb jellies in English
comb jellies in English
kammaneter in Nynorsk, Norwegian
kammaneter in Swedish
kammaneter in Norwegian Bokmål
Rippenquallen in German
Rippenquallen in German
kammaneter in Swedish
kammaneter in Swedish
ribbemaneter in Norwegian Bokmål
ribbemaneter in Nynorsk, Norwegian
ribkwallen in Dutch
ribkwallen in Dutch
sea gooseberries in English
sea gooseberries in English
有櫛動物門 in Japanese
有櫛動物門 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster, 2016: Chapter 8: Phylum Ctenophora: The Comb Jellies. Invertebrates, Third Edition. 327-344.
  2. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii + 992.
  3. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii - 992.
  4. Cairns, S. D., D. R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C. B. Castro, D. G. Fautin, P. R. Pugh, et al., 2002: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 28. xi + 115.
  5. Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
  6. Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. <i>Fiches d'identification du zooplancton</i>, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp.
  9. Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. <i>Fiches d'identification du zooplancton</i>, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp.
  10. Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
  11. Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  14. Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al., 2015: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114.
  15. Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248. 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
  16. Townsend, J. P.; Tassia, M. G.; Damian-Serrano, A.; Whelan, N. V.; Halanych, K. M.; Sweeney, A. M. (2020). A mesopelagic ctenophore representing a new family, with notes on family-level taxonomy in Ctenophora: Vampyroctena delmarvensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Vampyroctenidae, fam. nov.). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50(3): 34.
  17. WoRMS Editorial Board (2016) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  18. web search (AJR)
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