Dendrogramma | |
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Dendrogramma enigmatica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Siphonophorae |
Family: | Rhodaliidae |
Genus: | Dendrogramma Just, Kristensen, & Olesen, 2014[1] |
Type species | |
Dendrogramma enigmatica Just, Kristensen, & Olesen, 2014
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Species | |
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Dendrogramma enigmatica is a species of siphonophore, the only one in its genus. It has been first described in 2014 on the basis of its morphology from a collection of specimens gathered in 1986. Its taxonomic affinity among animals was then unclear, but RNA from new specimens in 2016 allowed it to be identified as a siphonophore by barcoding and phylogenomics. The specimens are presumed to represent parts (bracts) of an entire siphonophore that has not been identified yet.