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comb jellynounA marine animal with a jellyfish-like body bearing rows of fused cilia for propulsion. They are typically small planktonic animals and are noted for their luminescence. Also called ctenophore.- Phylum Ctenophora: two classes.
The comb jelly introduced to the Black Sea via the shipping industry in the early 1980s, now comprises up to 95 percent of the biomass in the Black Sea....- One of the most extraordinary and convincing examples of cryptic female choice occurs in the comb jelly Beroe ovata.
- When Leidy's comb jelly was introduced to the Black Sea from the United States in 1990, an absence of competitors and predators allowed this jellyfish-like organism to flourish.
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