order

Cydippids

Cydippida

Field notes

Cydippida is an order of comb jellies. They are distinguished from other comb jellies by their spherical or oval bodies, and the fact their tentacles are branched, and can be retracted into pouches on either side of the pharynx. The order is not monophyletic, that is, it does not form a single clade.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided