Coeloplana astericola on Echinaster luzonicus, with tentacles streaming
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Ctenophora
Class:
Tentaculata
Order:
Platyctenida
Family:
Coeloplanidae
Genus:
Coeloplana
Species:
C. astericola
Binomial name
Coeloplana astericola
Mortensen, 1927[1]
Coeloplana astericola showing streaming tentacles studded with tentilla
Coeloplana astericola, the creeping comb jelly,[2] is a species of benthic comb jelly from the tropical western Indo-Pacific region that lives as an episymbiont on starfish such as Echinaster luzonicus.
^WoRMS (2015). "Coeloplana astericola Mortensen, 1927". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^"Coeloplana astericola: Creeping Comb Jelly". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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