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MATTHEW CASTELLANOS KRISTOPHER JAMES GEOFFREY SCOTT Comb Jellies
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Radial Symmetry Revisited -Phylum:Ctenophora -Exclusive marine group of about 100 species - Comb jellies are radially symmetrical and similar in appearance to cnidarians but possess eight rows of ciliary combs
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Characteristics of Ctenophora 1)Radially or biradial Symmetrical. 2)Body multicellular, few tissues, some organs and organelles. 3)Body contains an internal cavity and a mouth and anal pores. 4)Swims by means of plates of cilia (the combs)
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Characteristics continued 5)Reproduction mostly sexual as hermaphrodites, occasionally asexual. 6)Has a well developed subepidermal nerve net. 7)Has a distinct larval stage which is planktonic. 8)Lives in marine environments. 9)All are carnivorous.
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COMB JELLIES continued The phylum Ctenophora is a small phylum containing about 90 species of generally small and delicate animals known as Comb Jellies. Many species are quite and many are also almost transparent, a few species can be very beautiful as they have the ability to produce green and blue coloured light. There are between 100 and 150 species of Ctenophora known to science.
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COMB JELLIES continued (again) All ctenophores are hermaphroditic (meaning they possess both male and female reproductive organs), a very few species can reproduce asexually. Eggs and sperm are shed into the water and after fertilisation an ovoid larvae develops called a Cydippid larvae. This free swimming larvae grows naturally into a new Comb Jelly in most species. In the laterally flattened species such as Cestum there is a sort of metamorphosis.
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