Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Ctenophora

Preferred term

Ctenophora  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Phylum of marine colenterates characterized by eight comb rows of fused cilia on the body surface. In contrast to CNIDARIA they lack stinging cells, but they are voracious predators and possess sticky cells (colloblasts) for capturing prey. Most species are transparent and many exhibit bioluminescence. Genus of ctenophore in the family Bolinopsidae. Genus of ctenophore in the family Beroidae.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Comb Jellies
  • Ctenophores
  • Sea Walnuts
  • txid10197
  • txid10199
  • txid27922

In other languages

  • French

  • Cténaires
  • Cténophores
  • Glands de mer
  • Peigne gelées
  • txid10197
  • txid10199
  • txid27922

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CRKDWJTC-N

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 7/2/02, last modified 8/13/20