Biology:Coeloplana loyai

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Short description: Species of comb jelly

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

Coeloplana loyai is a species of benthic comb jelly.[1][2] It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on the mushroom corals Herpolitha limax and Ctenactis echinata. It can be differentiated from 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 loyai". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867230. 

Wikidata ☰ Q23830985 entry