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The comb jelly, aka comb jellyfish, is the largest species of jellyfish-like creatures that utilizes cilia to swim. These cilia are typically referred to as combs. While they possess the name jelly, they aren’t true jellyfish. There are 208 known species of Comb Jellies, in 66 genera, and 31 families. […]

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The Ctenophore, aka comb jelly, is a marine invertebrate. They are part of the plankton family and there are also pelagic (open ocean) species as well. Even though they resemble jellyfish, they are not zoologically related to jellies. This is because they lack nematocysts (stinging cells). Instead, they use specially […]

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