Coeloplana astericola

Coeloplana astericola
Coeloplana astericola on Echinaster luzonicus, with tentacles streaming
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Platyctenida
Family: Coeloplanidae
Genus: Coeloplana
Species:
C. astericola
Binomial name
Coeloplana astericola
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.

  1. ^ WoRMS (2015). "Coeloplana astericola Mortensen, 1927". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Coeloplana astericola: Creeping Comb Jelly". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 23 June 2018.