Hormiphora hormiphora

Hormiphora hormiphora
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Cydippida
Family: Cydippidae
Genus: Hormiphora
Species:
H. hormiphora
Binomial name
Hormiphora hormiphora
(Gegenbaur, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Cydippe densa Spagnolini, 1870
  • Cydippe hormiphora Gegenbaur, 1856
  • Cydippe plumosa M. Sars, 1859
  • Hormiphora plumosa (M. Sars, 1859)

Hormiphora hormiphora is a species of comb jelly in the family Cydippidae. The body is pear-shaped and lacks lateral compression, with ciliary comb rows that are uniform in length. These rows begin some distance below the aboral pole and reach two-thirds of the way towards the mouth. Tentacle sheaths are closely pressed to the stomodeum. The elongated tentacles possess two varieties of slightly yellowish tentilla, and there is a cock-shaped expansion on the upper side of the base.