Ctenophore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ctenophora (pronounced /tɨˈnɒfərə/ , singular ctenophore , pronounced /ˈtɛnəfɔər/ or /ˈtiːnəfɔər/ ), commonly known as comb jellies , are a phylum of animals that live ...
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Although known as comb jellies and endowed with delicate gelatinous tissue like cnidarian jellies, ctenophores are only very distantly related to hydromedusae and scyphomedusae. Like the cnidarians, they survive quite well without the benefits of teeth and hard skeletal parts.
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jellieszone.com/ctenophores.htm
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Comb jellies are beautiful, oval-shaped animals with eight rows of tiny comblike plates that they be... ... Comb jellies are beautiful, oval-shaped animals with eight rows of tiny comblike plates that they beat to move themselves through the water. As they swim, the comb rows diffract light to produce a shimmering,
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An introduction to the biology, classification and ecology of comb jellies the phylum Ctenophora ... The phylum Ctenophora is a small phylum containing about 90 species of generally small and delicate animals known as Comb Jellies. Many species are quite and many are also almost transparent, a few species can be very...
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Introduction to the Ctenophora, otherwise known as "comb jellies" "sea gooseberries" or "Venus's girdles." ... Ctenophores, variously known as comb jellies, sea gooseberries, sea walnuts, or Venus's girdles, are voracious predators. Unlike cnidarians, with which they share several superficial similarities,
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www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/ctenophora.html
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The very small Ctenophora phylum has ~90 members, all of which are comb jellies. The two classes of comb jellies are Tentaculata (with two tentacles, ... Comb Jellies Versus Jellyfish ; Paul Meglitsch in his book, Invertebrate Zoology, clearly goes over the differences and similarities of jellyfish and comb jellies.
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Maximum length: 16 cm. Appearance: The jelly in comb jellies is more or less transparent, while the characteristic channels and branching are light purple, or somtimes brown to red. On the exterior of the oblong body, eight comb-rows of fused cilia are situated.
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Tentaculata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tentaculata is a class of comb jellies. The common feature of this class is a pair of long, feathery, contractile tentacles, which can be retracted into specialised ciliated sheaths. In some species,...
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