''Hormiphora'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of comb jellies of the family

Cydippidae Cydippidae is a Family (biology), family of Ctenophora, ctenophores, in the Cydippida. Five Genus, genera are recognized: * ''Attenboroughctena'' Ceccolini & Cianferoni, 2020 * ''Hormiphora'' L. Agassiz, 1860 * ''Minictena'' C. Carré & D. Carr ...

. The genus was erected by

Louis Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history. Spending his early life in Switzerland, he recei ...

in 1860. Nearly two dozen species are recognized:

References

Cydippidae Ctenophore genera {{Ctenophore-stub