Warty Comb Jelly, (Mnemiopsis leidyi), Eumetazoa, Photo

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Code Number:: AAJD01_118
Title:: Warty Comb Jelly, (Mnemiopsis leidyi), Eumetazoa, Ctenophora, Ctenophores, Tentaculata, Lobata, Bolinopsidae, euryoecious; This species is very transparent like most jellyfish of which it resembles but is not in the same phylum. It is oval-shaped and has four rows of very active ciliated combs that trace the body vertically and glow blue-green when disturbed. They do have several feeding tentacles that do not sting unlike their cousins the Cnidarians.

Length: 7 to 12 cm (3 to 5 in)
Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in)
Salinity: 2 to 38 psu
Temperature: 2 to 32 C, (36 to 90 F)
Water content: 97%

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Lobata
Family: Bolinopsidae
Genus: Mnemiopsis
Species: Mnemiopsis leidyi
(A. Agassiz, 1865)
Keywords:: Warty Comb Jelly, Scyphozoa, Jellyfish, Jellies, Cnidarians, Invertebrate, Water, Sealife, Animal, Carnivorous, Carnivores, Animalia, Cnidaria, Mnemiopsis, species, Aquatic, Sealife, underwater, translucent, Mysterious, Mystical, Sea Life
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: AAJD01_118
Title:: Warty Comb Jelly, (Mnemiopsis leidyi), Eumetazoa, Ctenophora, Ctenophores, Tentaculata, Lobata, Bolinopsidae, euryoecious; This species is very transparent like most jellyfish of which it resembles but is not in the same phylum. It is oval-shaped and has four rows of very active ciliated combs that trace the body vertically and glow blue-green when disturbed. They do have several feeding tentacles that do not sting unlike their cousins the Cnidarians.

Length: 7 to 12 cm (3 to 5 in)
Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in)
Salinity: 2 to 38 psu
Temperature: 2 to 32 C, (36 to 90 F)
Water content: 97%

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Lobata
Family: Bolinopsidae
Genus: Mnemiopsis
Species: Mnemiopsis leidyi
(A. Agassiz, 1865)
Keywords:: Warty Comb Jelly, Scyphozoa, Jellyfish, Jellies, Cnidarians, Invertebrate, Water, Sealife, Animal, Carnivorous, Carnivores, Animalia, Cnidaria, Mnemiopsis, species, Aquatic, Sealife, underwater, translucent, Mysterious, Mystical, Sea Life
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
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