Genus Chuniphyes

Lens and van Riemsdijk, 1908

Nectophores with ridges that end in distinct teeth. Anterior nectophores with 4 ridges (dorsal, ventral and a pair of laterals) at the pointed apex. Each of these ridges bifurcates below the apex, the ventrals forming the margins to the hydroecium, so that there are 8 ridges at the base. Posterior nectophore with 3 ridges (dorsal and pair of laterals) reaching apex, all of which bifurcate further down. Hydroecium extends for virtually the whole length of the nectophore and has 2 large, asymmetrical flaps in its upper half. Bract flattened; phyllocyst asymmetrical with an apical and 2 lateral horns in addition to the canals running down into the neck shield. The two known species are very similar in design, and the eudoxid stages are, at present, indistinguishable. The anterior nectophore is usually smaller than the posterior one.

Chuniphyes moserae
Chuniphyes multidentata

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