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Euplokamis is a genus of ctenophores, or comb jellies, belonging to the monotypic family Euplokamididae. [2] It shares the common name sea gooseberry with species of the genus Pleurobrachia . After being originally described by Chun (1879), the family Euplokamididae was expanded by Mills (1987) due to the discovery of a new species, Euplokamis ...
Pleurobrachia pileus is a small, globular or ovoid comb jelly up to about 2.5 cm (1 in) in length. It has a pair of long tentacles that are used to catch prey and can be retracted into sheaths. The tentacles are up to twenty times the length of the body and are fringed with filaments along one edge. [2]
Cydippida is an order of comb jellies. They are distinguished from other comb jellies by their spherical or oval bodies, and the fact their tentacles are branched, and can be retracted into pouches on either side of the pharynx. The order is not monophyletic, that is, more than one common ancestor is believed to exist. [1]
Beroidae is a family of ctenophores or comb jellies more commonly referred to as the beroids. It is the only known family within the monotypic order Beroida and the class Nuda . They are distinguished from other comb jellies by the complete absence of tentacles, in both juvenile and adult stages.
Beroe cucumis is a predator and mostly feeds on other comb jellies, particularly Bolinopsis infundibulum; these are pulled into the large mouth and swallowed whole. [3]The comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi is an invasive species originally native to the western Atlantic coastal waters that was introduced into the Black Sea in the 1980s, with deleterious results to the ecosystem.
Coeloplana meteoris, (previously known as Benthoplana meteoris) is a species of benthic comb jelly native to the Indo-Pacific region that has also been found in the Arabian-Persian gulf. [ 2 ] Description
In both the non-animals and the comb jellies, researchers found 14 groups of genes located on separate chromosomes. But in the sponges, researchers found that those 14 groups had been rearranged ...
Lobata is an order of transparent marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum of Ctenophora in the class Tentaculata, and are commonly referred to as comb jellies or sea gooseberries. [1] There are currently 19 extant known species in the order of Lobata. [2] Members of Lobata exhibit a compressed body in the vertical plane and a pair of oral ...