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Cuninidae
Cunina octonaria
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Cuninidae

Bigelow, 1913 [1]
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Cuninidae is a family of jellyfish in the order Narcomedusae.

Characteristics

Members of this family have dome-shaped bells and tentacles set above the undulating margin of the bell. There are gastric pouches containing the gonads situated in line with the tentacles, the number of pouches being the same as the number of tentacles. The pouches do not extend below the points of origin of the primary tentacles. Members of some genera have a peripheral canal system and others do not. There are no radial canals or secondary tentacles.[2]

Genera and species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera and species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Cuninidae World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  2. ^ Order Narcomedusae - Haeckel, 1879 The Hydrozoa Directory. Retrieved 2011-11-06.