Venus girdle
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| Venus girdle | |
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| Photographed in Hawaii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Cestida |
| Family: | Cestidae |
| Genus: | Cestum Lesueur, 1813 |
| Species: | C. veneris
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| Binomial name | |
| Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813
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The Venus girdle (Cestum veneris) is a comb jelly in the family Cestidae. It is the only member of its genus, Cestum,[1] and is also the largest of all known ctenophores.
Description
[edit | edit source]Venus girdles resemble transparent ribbons with iridescent edges. They may grow up to a metre in total length. Canals run the length of the ribbon in which bioluminescence activates when disturbed.[2]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species is pelagic and is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide in midwater.[2]
Ecology
[edit | edit source]These animals swim horizontally using muscular contractions as well as the beating of the comb rows. The oral edge leads. They eat small crustaceans.[2]
References
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