Banina N N
Parazitologiia. 1977 Mar-Apr;11(2):153-7.
The ability of apiosomes for the formation of non-contractile stems (such as epistylids) and colonies suggests to refer them to the family Epistylidae rather than to Scyphididae. On the other hand, the atrophy of the stem in the majority of the species, changes in the structure of the foot, in the form and position of the nuclei under the effect of parasitism on fishes suggest their separation into a distinct subfamily, Apiosomatinae subfam. n.
阿皮索体形成非收缩性柄（如柱柄虫）和群体的能力表明应将它们归为柱柄虫科而非钵水母科。另一方面，大多数物种的柄萎缩、足部结构变化、受鱼类寄生影响细胞核的形态和位置改变，这表明应将它们划分为一个独特的亚科，即阿皮索体亚科（新亚科）。
