Tjalfiella
| Tjalfiella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Platyctenida |
| Family: | Tjalfiellidae Komai, 1922 |
| Genus: | Tjalfiella Mortensen, 1910 |
| Species: | T. tristoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Tjalfiella tristoma Mortensen, 1910
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Tjalfiellidae is a family of ctenophores belonging to the order Platyctenida.[1] Its only species is Tjalfiella tristoma.
Tjalfiella is recorded by Mortensen (1912) from deep water off Greenland, originally classified as member of Platyctenidae. Its whole length is about 14 cm; the width is 12 cm — smaller than Lyrocteis imperatoris.[2]
References
- ^ "Tjalfiellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Taku Komai: 49. A New Remarkable Sessile Ctenophore. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy. 17(6): 216-220. Institute of Zoology, Kyoto Imperial University, June 12, 1941.