Cystonectae
Cystonectae is a suborder of siphonophores. It includes the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) and Bathyphysa conifera. In Japanese, it is called 嚢泳 (Nōei). The typical cystonect body plan has a pneumatophore (float) and siphosome (line of polyps) but no nectosome (propulsion medusae).
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Suborder: | Cystonectae Haeckel, 1887[1] |
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Cystonectae is a suborder of siphonophores.[2] It includes the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) and Bathyphysa conifera.
In Japanese, it is called 嚢泳[3] (Nōei).
The typical cystonect body plan has a pneumatophore (float) and siphosome (line of polyps) but no nectosome (propulsion medusae).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Haeckel, E. (1887). System der Siphonophoren, auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen (a separate edition of Haeckel 1888a System der Siphonophoren, Jena Z. naturw. 22:1-46, published in December 1887)
- ^ a b Schuchert, P. (2019). World Hydrozoa Database. Cystonectae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135334 Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine on 2019-03-11
- ^ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21. available online at http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal Archived 2013-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dunn, Casey. "Siphonophores: Body Plan". Siphonophores. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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