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Scientific Name: Hormiphora hormiphora Gegenbaur, 1856
Synonym: Hormiphora plumosa (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: Bo Pardau(flickr)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Cydippida
Family: Pleurobrachiidae
Description:
The body is pear-shaped and lacks lateral compression, with ciliary comb rows that are uniform in length. These rows begin some distance below the aboral pole and reach two-thirds of the way towards the mouth. Tentacle sheaths are closely pressed to the stomodeum. The elongated tentacles possess two varieties of slightly yellowish tentilla, and there is a cock-shaped expansion on the upper side of the base.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (eds.). 2008 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 14. Protozoa - Gastrotricha. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 335 pp.
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