Tjalfiellidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Ctenophora |
Class: | Tentaculata |
Order: | Platyctenida |
Family: | Tjalfiellidae |
Synonyms | |
Tjalfellidae |
Tjalfiellidae is a family of ctenophores belonging to the order Platyctenida.[1]
Genera:[1]
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]