Pleurobrachia

Pleurobrachia
Pleurobrachia bachei with its oral end down
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Cydippida
Family: Cydippidae
Genus: Pleurobrachia
Fleming, 1822
Type species
Pleurobrachia pileus Müller, 1776
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Moseria Ghigi, 1909
  • Cydippe Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Pleurobachia

Pleurobrachia is a common genus of Ctenophora (an exclusively marine phylum). Along with the genus Hormiphora, it generally has the common name sea gooseberry. It contains the following species:

  • Pleurobrachia arctica Wagner, 1885
  • Pleurobrachia australis (Benham, 1907)
  • Pleurobrachia bachei L. Agassiz, 1860
  • Pleurobrachia brunnea Mayer, 1912
  • Pleurobrachia dimidiata Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Pleurobrachia globosa Moser
  • Pleurobrachia pigmentata Moser, 1903
  • Pleurobrachia pileus (Müller, 1776)
  • Pleurobrachia rhododactyla L. Agassiz, 1860
  • Pleurobrachia rhodopis Chun, 1880
  • Pleurobrachia striata Moser