Haeckelia

{{Short description|Genus of ctenophores}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Haeckelia rubra00.tif |image_caption = ''Haeckelia rubra'' |parent_authority = Krumbach, 1925 |taxon = Haeckelia |authority = Carus, 1863 |synonyms = * ''Chlorella'' <small>Stechow, 1921</small> * ''Owenia'' <small>Kölliker, 1853</small> }}

'''''Haeckelia''''' is a genus of ctenophores belonging to the family Cydippida.<ref name="GBIF">{{GBIF |title=''Haeckelia'' Carus, 1863 |id=2501099 |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>

The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.<ref name="GBIF" />

Members of the genus ''Haeckelia'', which feed mainly on jellyfish, perform kleptocnidy and incorporate their victims' stinging cnidocytes into their own tentacles.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mills|first1=C. E.|first2=R. L. |last2=Miller|title=Ingestion of a medusa (''Aegina citrea'') by the nematocyst-containing ctenophore (''Haeckelia rubra'', formerly ''Euchlora rubra''): Phylogenetic implications |journal=Marine Biology |volume=78 |issue=2 | pages=215–221 |date = February 1984 |doi=10.1007/BF00394704 |bibcode=1984MarBi..78..215M |s2cid=17714037}}</ref>

The following species are recognized in this genus:<ref name="GBIF" /> {{linked specieslist |Haeckelia beehleri |(Mayer, 1912) |Haeckelia bimaculata |Carré & Carré, 1989 |Haeckelia filigera |(Chun, 1880) |Haeckelia rubra |(Kölliker, 1853) }}

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Category:Tentaculata Category:Ctenophora genera Category:Taxa described in 1863