ctenophore
noun
cteno·phore
ˈte-nə-ˌfȯr 
ˈtē-
ˈtē-
: any of a phylum (Ctenophora) of marine animals superficially resembling jellyfishes but having biradial symmetry and swimming by means of eight bands of transverse ciliated plates
called also comb jelly
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Comb jellies, or ctenophores, are transparent creatures that are not closely related to jellyfish, despite their name.
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Going Deep Comb jellies, or ctenophores, are voracious predators in fragile bodies.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2024
Comb jellies, or ctenophores, are marine invertebrates with squishy bodies propelled by hair-like cilia.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024
And deep-water ctenophores are a particularly dramatic case: Their lipids form especially exaggerated cone shapes.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
If the common ancestor lacked neurons, and neurons in most animals arose after ctenophores and sponges had already branched off, then the neurons in ctenophores must have evolved independently.
—Cara Giovanetti, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
Unlike ctenophores, however, placozoans have no neurons.
—Cara Giovanetti, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
Recent discoveries have shown that ctenophores have no synapses, the tiny connections between neurons.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
But back in 2008, based on early information from the first sponge and ctenophore genomes, Dunn and his colleagues had proposed that comb jellies branched before sponges did.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Going Deep Comb jellies, or ctenophores, are voracious predators in fragile bodies.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2024
Comb jellies, or ctenophores, are marine invertebrates with squishy bodies propelled by hair-like cilia.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024
And deep-water ctenophores are a particularly dramatic case: Their lipids form especially exaggerated cone shapes.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
If the common ancestor lacked neurons, and neurons in most animals arose after ctenophores and sponges had already branched off, then the neurons in ctenophores must have evolved independently.
—Cara Giovanetti, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
Unlike ctenophores, however, placozoans have no neurons.
—Cara Giovanetti, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
Recent discoveries have shown that ctenophores have no synapses, the tiny connections between neurons.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
But back in 2008, based on early information from the first sponge and ctenophore genomes, Dunn and his colleagues had proposed that comb jellies branched before sponges did.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
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“Ctenophore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ctenophore. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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