Pleurobrachia bachei | |
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Pleurobrachia bachei with its oral end down. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Ctenophora |
Class: | Tentaculata |
Order: | Cydippida |
Family: | Pleurobrachiidae |
Genus: | Pleurobrachia |
Species: | P. bachei
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Binomial name | |
Pleurobrachia bachei A. Agassiz, 1860
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Pleurobrachia bachei is a member of the phylum Ctenophora and is commonly referred to as the Pacific sea gooseberry. These comb jellies are often mistaken for medusoid Cnidaria, but lack stinging cells.