Ptychophorae
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| Ptychophorae | |
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| Bazinga rieki | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Suborder: | Ptychophorae Gershwin & Davie, 2013 |
Ptychophorae is a suborder of rhizostome jellyfish, identified in 2013 by Gershwin and Davie.[1]
The word Ptychophorae is said to be derived from the Greek ptychos (fold, leaf, layer) and phoras (bearing), in reference to the hooded rhopalia.[1] The proper word for 'fold' in ancient Greek is however ptyx (πτύξ).[2]