Coeloplana fishelsoni

Coeloplana fishelsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Ctenophora
Class:	Tentaculata
Order:	Platyctenida
Family:	Coeloplanidae
Genus:	Coeloplana
Species:	C. fishelsoni
Binomial name
	Coeloplana fishelsoni; Alamaru, Brokovich & Loya, 2015

Coeloplana fishelsoni is a species of benthic comb jelly from the Red Sea, that lives as an episymbiont on colonies of Xenia umbellata and Paralemnalia species. It can be differentiated from its cogenerate species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.[1]

References

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. ISSN 1867-1616.

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[AlamaruBrokovich2015-1] 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. ISSN 1867-1616.