Coeloplana fishelsoni

Coeloplana fishelsoni is a species of benthic comb jelly.[1][2] It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on colonies of Xenia umbellata and Paralemnalia species. It can be differentiated from its congeneric species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.[1]

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

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Coeloplana fishelsoni". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.


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