| Coeloplanidae | |
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| Coeloplana astericola on the surface of a seastar | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Platyctenida |
| Family: | Coeloplanidae Willey, 1896 |
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Coeloplanidae is a family of comb jellies. It contains two genera. [1]
Coeloplana loyai is a species of benthic comb jelly. It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on the mushroom corals Herpolitha limax and Ctenactis echinata. It can be differentiated from congeneric species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.
Coeloplana huchonae is a species of benthic comb jelly. It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on the stems of the soft coral Dendronephthya hemprichi. It can be differentiated from its congeneric species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.
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