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Venus Girdle

Other Minor Phyla

The Venus girdle is the largest known comb jelly, a ribbon-shaped, transparent animal that can grow up to a meter long while remaining only a few centimeters wide, drifting through the midwater of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. It is the sole species in its genus, moving through the water by combining muscular undulations with the beating of comb rows along its body, leading with one long edge as it swims. Internal canals running the length of its ribbon-like body glow with bioluminescence when disturbed, and it feeds on small crustaceans it gathers from the water column.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Scientific Name
Cestum veneris 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Ctenophora, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Venus Girdle

In Biome

Open Ocean, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Venus girdle
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Brazil

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Colombia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

New Zealand

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Venus girdle
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q2469009 (P225 taxon name)
  • Ecology
    They eat small crustaceans.
  • In Biome: Open Ocean, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 332452, target B287449
    This species is pelagic and is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide in midwater.
  • In Group: Comb Jellies (Ctenophora), Lead
    The Venus girdle (Cestum veneris) is a comb jelly in the family Cestidae.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Animals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fauna","language":"EN"},{"name":"Animaux","language":"FR"}],"cites_listings":[]
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4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Cestum veneris
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2501198, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2501198, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Venus Girdle
  • Wikidata Q2469009, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Ctenophora, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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