Pleurobrachia

Pleurobrachia
Pleurobrachia bachei with its oral end down
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Cydippida
Family: Cydippidae
Genus: Pleurobrachia
Fleming, 1822
Species

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Sea Gooseberry

Pleurobrachia is a common genus of Ctenophora (an exclusively marine phylum). Along with the genus Hormiphora,[1] it generally has the common name sea gooseberry. It contains the following species:[2]

References

  1. ^ Britannica, sea gooseberry
  2. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Pleurobrachia Fleming, 1822". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 14, 2010.


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