''Diphyes'' is a genus of
hydrozoa
Hydrozoa (hydrozoans; from Ancient Greek ('; "water") and ('; "animals")) is a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class (biology), class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline wat ...
ns belonging to the family
Diphyidae.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
*''
Diphyes antarctica''
*''
Diphyes bojani''
*''
Diphyes chamissonis''
*''
Diphyes dispar''
*''
Diphyes truncata''
References
Diphyidae
Hydrozoan genera
{{Siphonophorae-stub