Periphyllidae | |
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Periphylla periphylla, illustration by Ernst Haeckel | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Scyphozoa |
Order: | Coronatae |
Family: |
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.