| Coeloplana loyai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Platyctenida |
| Family: | Coeloplanidae |
| Genus: | Coeloplana |
| Species: | C. loyai |
| Binomial name | |
| Coeloplana loyai Alamaru & Brokovich, 2015[1] | |
Coeloplana loyai is a species of benthic comb jelly.[1][2] It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on the mushroom corals Herpolitha limax and Ctenactis echinata. It can be differentiated from congeneric species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Alamaru, Ada; Brokovich, Eran & Loya, Yossi (2015). "Four new species and three new records of benthic ctenophores (Family: Coeloplanidae) from the Red Sea". Marine Biodiversity. 46 (1): 261–279. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0362-4. S2CID 14572230.
- ↑ "Coeloplana loyai". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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