Cydippida


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Noun 1. Cydippida - ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles
animal order - the order of animals
class Tentaculata, Tentaculata - ctenophores have retractile tentacles
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Pleurobrachia, a member of the order Cydippida, is more radially symmetric than lobate ctenophores and has nearly equal sagittal and tentacular axes with all comb rows being of similar length (Tamm, 2014a).
Formation of the statolith in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi
The two main ctenophoran orders that affect planktonic communities are the Cydippida and the Lobata.
Planktonic feeding and evolutionary significance of the lobate body plan within the Ctenophora
Revised classification of the genus Euplokamis Chun, 1880 (Ctenophora: Cydippida: Euplokamidae n.
Not all ctenophores are bioluminescent: Pleurobrachia