Rhizophysidae

Rhizophysidae
	Illustration of Rhizophysa filiformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Siphonophorae
Suborder:	Cystonectae
Family:	Rhizophysidae; Brandt, 1835
Genera and species
	Bathyphysa Studer, 1878 Bathyphysa conifera (Studer, 1878); Bathyphysa sibogae Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908; Bathyphysa japonica Kawamura, 1943 (taxon inquirendum); ; Epibulia Eschscholtz, 1829 (taxon inquirendum) Epibulia ritteriana Haeckel, 1888 (taxon inquirendum); Epibulia (Brachysoma) Brandt, 1835 (nomen dubium) Epibulia erythrophysa Brandt, 1835 (nomen dubium); ; ; Rhizophysa Péron & Lesueur, 1807 Rhizophysa chamissonis Eysenhardt, 1821 (taxon inquirendum); Rhizophysa eysenhardtii Gegenbaur, 1859; Rhizophysa filiformis (Forsskål, 1775); Rhizophysa uvaria Fewkes, 1886 (taxon inquirendum); ;

Rhizophysidae is a family of siphonophores in the suborder Cystonectae. It includes Bathyphysa conifera, sometimes called the "flying spaghetti monster".

In Japanese, the family is called ボウズニラ (bouzunira).^[3]

References

^ Brandt, J. F. 1834-1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. Fascic. I., Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens / auctore, Johanne Friderico Brandt. - Recueil Actes des séances publiques de l'Acadadémie impériale des Science de St. Pétersbourg 1834: 201-275., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40762#page/5/mode/1up page(s): 233
^ Schuchert, P. (2019). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhizophysidae Brandt, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135343 on 2019-03-11
^ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21. available online at http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal

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