Periphyllidae
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| Periphylla periphylla, illustration by Ernst Haeckel | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Coronatae |
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Periphyllidae Haeckel, 1880 |
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The Periphyllidae are a family of jellyfish containing four genera and six species. The most well-known member of the family, Periphylla periphylla, is usually considered a deep-sea species, but it forms large blooms in surface waters of Norwegian fjords.
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