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n. - Biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb.

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  • The Atlantic ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi is considered one of most harmful aquatic invasive species in Europe.
  • Clearly more than a colony, a ctenophore might best be described as a society of highly organized and interdependent cells.
  • This ctenophore seems to be exhibiting bioluminescence, but what the “lights” actually represent is reflection or refraction of the photoflood lights from rhythmically...
  • A first striking finding was the high number of SOX gene sequences recovered from both the cnidarian and the ctenophore representatives (10 and 13 from C. hemisphaerica...
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