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Encyclopedia > Tentaculata
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Tentaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Orders

Cestida
Cydippida
Lobata
Platyctenida Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Classes Tentaculata Nuda Ctenophores are jellyfish-like animals commonly called comb jellies, sea gooseberries, sea walnuts, or Venus girdles. ... Genera Cestum Velamen Cestida is an order of comb jellies with short tentacles. ... Families Bathocyroidae Bolinopsidae Eurhamphaeidae Mnemiidae Ocyropsidae Lobata is a Cnidarian of the order ctenophora in the class tentaculata with smaller tentacles than other ctenophores. ...

Tentaculata is a class of Ctenophora known as comb jellies. A feature common for this class is to have two feathery tentacles, which they can retract into specialized sheaths. In some species the primary tentacles are reduced and they have smaller, secondary tentacles. Classes Tentaculata Nuda Ctenophores are jellyfish-like animals commonly called comb jellies, sea gooseberries, sea walnuts, or Venus girdles. ... Classes Tentaculata Nuda Ctenophores are jellyfish-like animals commonly called comb jellies, sea gooseberries, sea walnuts, or Venus girdles. ... Tentacles can refer to the elongated flexible organs that are present in many invertebrates, and sometimes to the hairs of the leaves of insectivorous plants. ...


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