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Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Sea Walnut: Mnemiopsis leidyi Pink Comb Jelly: Beroe ovata Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia.

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2 Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Sea Walnut: Mnemiopsis leidyi Pink Comb Jelly: Beroe ovata Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Ctenophora

3 -Have 8 rows ciliary combs -Capture their prey using 2 long tentacles armed with sticky cells named colloblasts - They can live in cold or warm water - Are bioluminescent Adaptations -Few species have nematocysts, possibly obtained by eating jellyfish or siphonophores

4 - Live near the surface of both shallow and deep waters - Swim together in large swarms

5 -Reproduction mostly sexual as hermaphrodites, occasionally asexual - Spawn at night when water temperatures warm to 66-73 degrees - Young are able to reproduce 13 days after hatching

6 - Comb jellies do not have stinging tentacles - Comb jellies break apart when taken out of the water. - Some comb jellies also glow when scared/disturbed

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