Coeloplana fishelsoni
Coeloplana fishelsoni is a species of benthic comb jelly from the Red Sea, that lives as an episymbiont on colonies of Xenia umbellata and Paralemnalia species. It can be differentiated from its cogenerate species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.[1]
| Coeloplana fishelsoni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Platyctenida |
| Family: | Coeloplanidae |
| Genus: | Coeloplana |
| Species: | C. fishelsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Coeloplana fishelsoni Alamaru, Brokovich & Loya, 2015 | |
References
- Alamaru, Ada; Brokovich, Eran; Loya, Yossi (2015). "Four new species and three new records of benthic ctenophores (Family: Coeloplanidae) from the Red Sea". Marine Biodiversity. 46 (1): 261–279. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0362-4. ISSN 1867-1616.
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