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Beroe

Other Minor Phyla

Beroe is a genus of comb jellies, nicknamed cigar comb jellies for their elongated, torpedo-like shape, found from shallow coastal water to the deep sea across the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Pacific. Unlike most ctenophores it lacks tentacles, instead swallowing other comb jellies whole using rows of specialized cilia called macrocilia lining its enormous mouth, which flex from a straight to a hooked shape to grip and tear prey as it is ingested. Like many of its relatives it produces its own light, and it counts among the most effective predators of gelatinous plankton in the open ocean.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Beroe 3
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Child Taxon Of

Ctenophora, Taxa
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Beroe
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
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2. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ3828178, descriptionView the Source
3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Beroe
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon record
Quote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Beroe"
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GBIF: Beroe Muller, 1776
GBIFIn Group: Comb Jellies (Ctenophora), Species record
Quote, In Group: Comb Jellies (Ctenophora), Species record
phylum: Ctenophora
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