Degeneration of Comb Plates during Larval Stages in a Sessile Platyctenid Ctenophore, Lyrocteis imperatoris (Ctenophore, Platyctenida).
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DOI: 10.2108/zs240104
Abstract: In species belonging to the phylum Ctenophore, comb plates consisting of bundles of multiple cilia are a characteristic synapomorphy and are essential for active swimming. However, in most species of the order Platyctenida, even though… read more here.
Keywords: comb plates; larval stages; degeneration; comb ... See more keywords