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FIGURE 3 in Redescription of the deep-sea benthic ctenophore genus Tjalfiella from the North Atlantic (Class Tentaculata, Order Platyctenida, Family Tjalfiellidae)

  • 1. The University of Maryland, Department of Biological Science, College Park, MD, 20742 USA & National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Washington, DC, 20560 USA
  • 2. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Washington, DC, 20560 USA & NOAA Fisheries, Office of Science & Technology, National Systematics Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20560 USA

Description

FIGURE 3. Still images of living specimens of TJalfiella aff. tristroma (2018); A. In situ observation of four individuals on host octocoral Acanella sp. Scale bar—2cm, B. Still image of a collected individual in a retracted state, showing the body shape and reproductive system, C. Closeup of the aboral side, showing the opening of the arm with a simple tentacle, D. Closeup of arms, showing the coiling of tentacles and the relaxed state of the animal. Scale bar B to D—0.25cm.

Notes

Published as part of Bezio, Nicholas & Collins, Allen G., 2024, Redescription of the deep-sea benthic ctenophore genus Tjalfiella from the North Atlantic (Class Tentaculata, Order Platyctenida, Family Tjalfiellidae), pp. 241-266 in Zootaxa 5486 (2) on page 244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13209847

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