Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Ctenophora > Class Tentaculata > Order Lobata

Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Bolinidae*	Agassiz, 1860	junior homonym

Children

Bolinopsis L. Agassiz, 1860
Mnemiopsis L. Agassiz, 1860

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カブトクラゲ科

Literature

original description	Bigelow, H. B. (1912). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, from October 1904, to March 1905, Lieutenant Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XXVI. The ctenophores. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 54: 369-408.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Ctenophora. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 122-123.
additional source	Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet].
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106325