Velamen parallelum

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Velamen parallelum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Ctenophora
Class:	Tentaculata
Order:	Cestida
Family:	Cestidae
Genus:	Velamen Krumbach, 1925
Species:	V. parallelum
Binomial name
*Velamen parallelum* (Fol, 1869)
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
Species synonymy Folia parallela Mayer, 1912 Vexillum parallelum Fol, 1869 Genus synonymy Folia Mayer, 1912 Vexillum Fol, 1869

Velamen is a genus of ctenophores belonging to the family Cestidae. It contains a single species, Velamen parallelum.^[3]^[1] The species is less than 20 cm long on average.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Velamen parallelum". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Velamen". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Velamen". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ Milisen, Jeff (2020). A Field Guide to Blackwater Diving in Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 9781949307146.

Extant ctenophore families and genera

Kingdom Animalia
(unranked) Eumetazoa?

Nuda

Beroida	Beroe Neis

Tentaculata

Cambojiida

Cambodgia

Cestida

Cestum
Velamen

Cryptolobiferida

Cryptolobata
Lobocrypta

Cydippida

Aulacoctena Bathyctena Cryptocoda Ctenella Dryodora Euplokamis Haeckelia Pukia
Lampeidae	Gastropodes Lampea Lampetia
Mertensiidae	Callianira Charistephane Gastrodes Mertensia
Pleurobrachiidae	Hormiphora Minictena Moseria Pleurobrachia Sabaudia Tinerfe
Incertae sedis	Duobrachium Benthic comb jelly?

Ganeshida

Ganesha

Lobata

Bathocyroe Lampocteis Leucothea Lobatolampea
Bolinopsidae	Bolinopsis Lesueuria Mnemiopsis
Eurhamphaeidae	Deiopea Eurhamphaea Kiyohimea
Ocyropsidae	Alcinoe Ocyropsis

Platyctenida

Ctenoplana Lyrocteis Savangia Tjalfiella Platyctenidae?
Coeloplanidae	Coeloplana Vallicula

Thalassocalycida

Thalassocalyce

Taxon identifiers
Velamen parallelum	Wikidata: Q2206397 Wikispecies: Velamen parallelum CoL: 7FJBQ EoL: 45502667 EUNIS: 26364 GBIF: 2501196 iNaturalist: 335045 IRMNG: 10000389 ITIS: 53940 NCBI: 140491 NZOR: 0cc0808b-a9fe-455c-aca1-77f401d89b1d OBIS: 106364 Open Tree of Life: 523274 SeaLifeBase: 60758 WoRMS: 106364
Velamen	Wikidata: Q16334348 Wikispecies: Velamen CoL: 7Q67T EoL: 45502666 GBIF: 2501195 iNaturalist: 335046 IRMNG: 1024391 ITIS: 53939 NCBI: 140490 NZOR: bbc48cfb-4b81-4c07-811f-27d976b9c230 Open Tree of Life: 523273 WoRMS: 106333

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