Meaning | comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata. |
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Synonym | Ctenophora |
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Member of | Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals |
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Members | Nuda, class Nuda | ctenophores lacking tentacles |
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Pleurobrachia, genus Pleurobrachia | sea gooseberries |
Pleurobrachiidae, family Pleurobrachiidae | sea gooseberries |
Tentaculata, class Tentaculata | ctenophores have retractile tentacles |
ctenophore, comb jelly | biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb |
Broader | phylum | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants |
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Spanish | ctenóforos |
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Catalan | Ctenophora |
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