Cystonectae

Cystonectae
	Illustration of a Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Siphonophorae
Suborder:	Cystonectae; Haeckel, 1887
Families and genera
	Physaliidae Brandt, 1835 Physalia Lamarck, 1801; ; Rhizophysidae Brandt, 1835 Bathyphysa Studer, 1878; Epibulia Eschscholtz, 1829 (taxon inquirendum); Rhizophysa Péron & Lesueur, 1807; ;

Cystonectae is a suborder of siphonophores. It includes the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) and Bathyphysa conifera.

In Japanese, it is called 嚢泳 (Nōei).

The typical cystonect body plan has a pneumatophore (float) and siphosome (line of polyps) but no nectosome (propulsion medusae).

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