Coeloplana yulianicorum
Appearance
Coeloplana yulianicorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Ctenophora |
Class: | Tentaculata |
Order: | Platyctenida |
Family: | Coeloplanidae |
Genus: | Coeloplana |
Species: | C. yulianicorum
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Binomial name | |
Coeloplana yulianicorum Alamaru, Brokovich & Loya, 2015[1]
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Coeloplana yulianicorum is a species of benthic comb jelly.[1][2] It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on the soft coral Sarcophyton yulianicorum. It can be differentiated from congeneric species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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. S2CID 14572230.
- ^ "Coeloplana huchonae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.