Muggiaea

Muggiaea is a genus of siphonophores in the family Diphyidae. Members of this family are colonial siphonophores with two nectophores (swimming bells) arranged one behind the other, but in the genus Muggiaea, the posterior nectophore is absent. The anterior one has a complete dorsal ridge. The somatocyst (extension of the gastrovascular system) is very close to the nectosac (central cavity with muscular walls) wall.^[2][3]

Muggiaea
Muggiaea atlantica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Siphonophorae
Family:	Diphyidae
Genus:	Muggiaea Busch, 1851[1]
Species
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Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:^[1]

• Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham, 1892
• Muggiaea bargmannae Totton, 1954
• Muggiaea delsmani Totton, 1954
• Muggiaea kochii (Will, 1844)