Ctenophora - The Comb Jellies
Image – Comb jellies feeding photographed by Lyn Gateley.
Directions for using this page.
- Select a species of interest from the Tentaculata are divdided into the following eight orders, just below these directions.
- Journal about your favorite species on page 11, the journal template, in your study guide.
- Click through the web resource links below.
- View the main lesson videos if you did not see them during the live class.
- Share a link to your scanned or photographed image of your journal work in the NeS comb jellies lesson comments section.
The Tentaculata are divided into the following eight orders:
- Cydippida, egg-shaped animals with long tentacles[8]
- Lobata, with paired thick lobes[8]
- Platyctenida, flattened animals that live on or near the sea-bed; most lack combs as adults, and use their pharyngesas suckers to attach themselves to surfaces[8]
- Ganeshida, with a pair of small lobes round the mouth, but an extended pharynx like that of platyctenids[8]
- Cambojiida
- Cryptolobiferida
- Thalassocalycida, with short tentacles and a jellyfish-like "umbrella"[8]
- Cestida, ribbon-shaped and the largest ctenophores
Comb Jellies Web Resources
Monterey Bay - Comb Jellies
Invertebrate Anatomy Online - Comb Jellies
ARKIVE: Sea Gooseberries
Main Lesson Video
Projects & Activities
Jellies Mixed Media Art Project (mainly for jellyfish but can be adapted to portray comb jellies)
Jellies Mixed Media Art Project (mainly for jellyfish but can be adapted to portray comb jellies)
Jellies Teacher Guide.pdf | |
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Informative Videos
Iridescent Ctenophores from Parafilms on Vimeo.