Ctenophora


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Noun1.Ctenophora - comb jelliesCtenophora - comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata
phylum Ctenophora
animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
comb jelly, ctenophore - biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
class Nuda, Nuda - ctenophores lacking tentacles; comprises one genus: beroe
class Tentaculata, Tentaculata - ctenophores have retractile tentacles
family Pleurobrachiidae, Pleurobrachiidae - sea gooseberries
genus Pleurobrachia, Pleurobrachia - sea gooseberries
phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
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Porifera, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata of the Mollusca; Clitellata of the Annelida; Bryozoa (Hodgson, 2009).
An ovotestis event in the gonochoric sea urchin Loxechinus albus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)
The presence of a functionally tripartite through-gut in Ctenophora has implications for metazoan character trait evolution.
Catecholic Compounds in Ctenophore Colloblast and Nerve Net Proteins Suggest a Structural Role for DOPA-Like Molecules in an Early-Diverging Animal Lineage
Comparisons of physiological limitations and genomic synteny in populations of Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora).
Abstracts of Presentations at the 2017 (127th) Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science
Digenean metacaria (Trematoda, Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) parasitizing "coelenterates" (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa and Ctenophora) from southeastern Brazil.
Medusae (Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) from southwestern Atlantic and Subantarctic region (32-60[degrees]S, 34-70[degrees]W): species composition, spatial distribution and life history traits
Baxevanis, "The homeodomain complement of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi suggests that Ctenophora and Porifera diverged prior to the ParaHoxozoa," EvoDevo, vol.
Phenotypic Nonspecificity as the Result of Limited Specificity of Transcription Factor Function
Percent contribution of CA1 and CA2 Average Average proportion individual of taxon weight per per Classification Taxon PFO station station Porifera Porifera 19.0 52.1926 Ctenophora Ctenophora 19.0 0.2471 Polychaeta Polychaeta 13.8 0.1387 0.0804 Mollusca Gastropoda 55.2 2.4551 0.0425 Pleurobranchomorpha 70.7 2.2524 0.0036 Bivalvia 39.7 6.5778 0.0838 Placopecten magellanicus 17.2 0.3847 0.1179 Crustacea Peracarida 29.3 0.4728 0.0140 Caridea 100.0 11.1031 0.0049 Penaeus setiferus 10.3 0.5125 0.0332 Pagurus spp.
Spring occurrence of fish and macro-invertebrate assemblages near designated wind energy areas on the northeast U.S. continental shelf
Carnivorous gelata, such as species of "true" jellyfish (Cnidaria) and "comb jellies" (Ctenophora) were hunted often.
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Season Phylum Class Species Area Sp Su Ctenophora Cyclosalpa spp.
Seasonal variability in subtidal fish assemblages inhabiting sandy-bottom habitats off Humboldt Bay, California
Chave de identificacao dos Ctenophora da costa brasileira.
An annotated checklist of the Arcella (Arcellidae) from littoral zone of Paranoa lake-Brazil, with a pictorial key/Checklist comentada de Arcella (Arcellidae) da regiao litoranea do lago Paranoa, Brasil, com uma chave pictorica
The three volumes are titled as follows: General Aspects, Microorganisms, Algae, and Fungi (v.1); Porifera, Cridaria, and Ctenophora (v.2); and Protostomes and Deuterostomes (v.3).
Encyclopedia of Marine Natural Products, 2nd Edition; 3 volume set
In a prior study [16], we used fish stomachs (spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758) to serve as a proxy estimate of relative abundance for Ctenophora in the Northeast U.S.
Bounds on biomass estimates and energetic consequences of Ctenophora in the Northeast U.S. shelf ecosystem

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