WoRMS taxon details
Vampyroctenidae Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020
1435017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1435017)
accepted
Family
Vampyroctena Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Townsend, J. P.; Tassia, M. G.; Damian-Serrano, A.; Whelan, N. V.; Halanych, K. M.; Sweeney, A. M. (2020). A mesopelagic ctenophore representing a new family, with notes on family-level taxonomy in Ctenophora: Vampyroctena delmarvensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Vampyroctenidae, fam. nov.). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50:34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01049-9
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
WoRMS (2025). Vampyroctenidae Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1435017 on 2025-12-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Townsend, J. P.; Tassia, M. G.; Damian-Serrano, A.; Whelan, N. V.; Halanych, K. M.; Sweeney, A. M. (2020). A mesopelagic ctenophore representing a new family, with notes on family-level taxonomy in Ctenophora: Vampyroctena delmarvensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Vampyroctenidae, fam. nov.). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50:34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01049-9
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Diagnosis The characters of this family are similar to those of the type genus, Vampyroctena gen. nov., designated herein, which is also the only genus of this family. [details]
