Bolinopsis vitrea
| Bolinopsis vitrea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Class: | Tentaculata |
| Order: | Lobata |
| Family: | Bolinopsidae |
| Genus: | Bolinopsis |
| Species: | B. vitrea
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| Binomial name | |
| Bolinopsis vitrea (Louis Agassiz, 1860)
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Bolinopsis vitrea, is a species of comb jelly in the family Bolinopsidae. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean and was first described by the American biologist Louis Agassiz in 1860.[1]
Distribution
[edit]In Florida waters, Bolinopsis vitrea is the most common ctenophore.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Oliveira, Otto M. P.; Miranda, Thaís P.; Araujo, Enilma M.; Ayón, Patricia; Cedeño-Posso, Cristina M.; Cepeda-Mercado, Amancay A.; Córdova, Pablo; Cunha, Amanda F.; Genzano, Gabriel N.; Haddad, Maria Angélica; Mianzan, Hermes W. (2016-11-17). "Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters". Zootaxa. 4194 (1): zootaxa.4194.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1. hdl:11336/66975. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27988700.
- ^ Milisen, Jeff (2020). A Field Guide to Blackwater Diving in Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 9781949307146.
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