Coeloplana yulianicorum

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

Coeloplana yulianicorum is a species of benthic comb jelly.[1][2] It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on the soft coral Sarcophyton yulianicorum. It can be differentiated from congeneric species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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 huchonae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.


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