Coeloplana loyai is a species of benthic comb jelly.[1][2] It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on the mushroom corals Herpolitha limax and Ctenactis echinata. It can be differentiated from congeneric species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.[1]

Coeloplana loyai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Platyctenida
Family: Coeloplanidae
Genus: Coeloplana
Species:
C. loyai
Binomial name
Coeloplana loyai
Alamaru & Brokovich, 2015[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Alamaru, Ada; Brokovich, Eran & Loya, Yossi (2015). "Four new species and three new records of benthic ctenophores (Family: Coeloplanidae) from the Red Sea". Marine Biodiversity. 46 (1): 261–279. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0362-4. S2CID 14572230.
  2. ^ "Coeloplana loyai". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.