Euplokamis dunlapae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Ctenophora |
Class: | Tentaculata |
Order: | Cydippida |
Family: | Euplokamididae |
Genus: | Euplokamis |
Species: | E. dunlapae
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Binomial name | |
Euplokamis dunlapae
Mills, 1987
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Euplokamis dunlapae is a marine species of ctenophore. [1] It is the first species of ctenophora reported to have giant axons controlling the comb rows. [2] They control the ciliary beating, allowing for rapid change in the speed and direction of the cilia, likely evolved as an escape mechanism.
Euplokamis dunlapae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Ctenophora |
Class: | Tentaculata |
Order: | Cydippida |
Family: | Euplokamididae |
Genus: | Euplokamis |
Species: | E. dunlapae
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Binomial name | |
Euplokamis dunlapae
Mills, 1987
|
Euplokamis dunlapae is a marine species of ctenophore. [1] It is the first species of ctenophora reported to have giant axons controlling the comb rows. [2] They control the ciliary beating, allowing for rapid change in the speed and direction of the cilia, likely evolved as an escape mechanism.