Aequoreidae | |
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Aequorea victoria (the "crystal jelly") with two amphipods | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Leptothecata |
Family: | Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829 |
Genera[1] | |
Aequoreidae is a family of hydrozoans, sometimes called the many-ribbed jellies or many-ribbed jellyfish.[2][3] There are approximately 30 known species found in temperate and tropical marine coastal environments.[4] Aequoreids include Aequorea victoria, the organism from which the green fluorescent protein gene was isolated.[5]
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