Biology:Coeloplana huchonae

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Short description: Species of comb jelly

Coeloplana huchonae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Platyctenida
Family: Coeloplanidae
Genus: Coeloplana
Species:
C. huchonae
Binomial name
Coeloplana huchonae
Alamaru, Brokovich & Loya, 2015[1]

Coeloplana huchonae is a species of benthic comb jelly.[1][2] It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on the stems of the soft coral Dendronephthya hemprichi. It can be differentiated from its congeneric species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alamaru, Ada; Brokovich, Eran; Loya, Yossi (2015). "Four new species and three new records of benthic ctenophores (Family: Coeloplanidae) from the Red Sea". Marine Biodiversity 46 (1): 261–279. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0362-4. 
  2. "Coeloplana huchonae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867232. 

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