Global InformationCallianira antarctica information
| Callianira antarctica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Cydippida |
| Family: | Mertensiidae |
| Genus: | Callianira |
| Species: | C. antarctica
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| Binomial name | |
| Callianira antarctica Chun, 1897
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Callianira antarctica is a species of ctenophore that physically resembles Mertensia ovum, but lacks the oil sacs.[1] Just like other ctenophores, over 95% of its body mass and composition is water.[2]
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