Cydippids
Cydippida
Cydippida is an order of comb jellies. They are distinguished from other comb jellies by their spherical or oval bodies, and the fact their tentacles are branched, and can be retracted into pouches on either side of the pharynx.
18 branches of this order, most-observed first
Sea Gooseberries
familyCydippidae
Dryodoridae
familyDryodoridae
Mertensiidae
familyMertensiidae
Euplokamididae
familyEuplokamididae
Callianira
genusCallianira
Lampeidae
familyLampeidae
Haeckeliidae
familyHaeckeliidae
Pukiidae
familyPukiidae
Aulacoctenidae
familyAulacoctenidae
Bathyctenidae
familyBathyctenidae
Tizardia
genusTizardia
Eschscholthia
genusEschscholthia
Paracelsia
genusParacelsia
Eschscholtzia
genusEschscholtzia
Ctenellidae
familyCtenellidae
Euchloridae
familyEuchloridae
Cryptocodidae
familyCryptocodidae
Cydippe
genusCydippe
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 117709.