Callianira antarctica | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]