Directory of Ctenophora Resources

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Members of the phylum Ctenophora, the Comb Jellies, resemble the phylum Cnidaria in being radially symmetrical, having just two layers of cells, the ectoderm and the endoderm, and having a blind gut with only one opening.

Resources in This Category

• Comb Jellies

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay98/comb.html
  Article by Wim van Egmond on the sea gooseberries with many photographs of the Ctenophore, Pleurobrachia pileus.

• Ctenophore Egg

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/marine/egg/frame1.html
  Photomicrograph of an egg of a species of comb jelly showing the early development of the larva.

• Introduction to the Ctenophora

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/ctenophora.html
  Introduction to the Ctenophora, otherwise known as "comb jellies" "sea gooseberries" or "Venus's girdles."

• Sea Gooseberry: Pleurobrachia pileus

  http://www.arkive.org/sea-gooseberry/pleurobrachia-pileus/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Venus's Girdle

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay04/wavenus.html
  Article by William Amos on his sighting of the meter-long comb jelly, Cestum, while diving and about ctenophores in general and their place in the animal kingdom.

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