Tjalfiella

Tjalfiella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Platyctenida
Family: Tjalfiellidae
Komai, 1922
Genus: Tjalfiella
Mortensen, 1910
Species:
T. tristoma
Binomial name
Tjalfiella tristoma
Mortensen, 1910

Tjalfiellidae is a family of ctenophores belonging to the order Platyctenida.

Genera:

  • Tjalfiella Mortensen, 1910

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.

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