BIOLUMINESCENT FACT OR FICTION

•Bioluminescence is not the same as phosphorescence
•Bioluminescence is not the same as fluorescence
•Bioluminescence is not the same as iridescence
•All bioluminescence is not bacterial
•Not all comb jellies are bioluminescent

BIOLUMINESCENCE

IRIDESCENCE

HISTORICAL PHYLUM

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

•Spherical or oval body shape, usually with two long tentacles
•Nerve net
•No excretory, respiratory or circulatory system
•No sessile or benthic stage
•All are hermaphroditic
•All are marine

•Biradially symmetrical, with an oral-aboral body axis

•8 vertical comb rows of cilia
•colloblasts

•Incomplete gut
•Diploblastic, with ectoderm and endoderm. Cellular mesenchyme that gives rise to the musculature.
•Carnivorous
•Regeneration
•Bioluminescent

Welcome to my blog concerning the phylum ctenophora, or better known as the "comb jellies".