Are ctenophores found only in marine environments?
Yes, they are marine.
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What are the combs used for?
Swimming
100
What are the three life cycles of Ctenophores?
Egg, larva, adult.
100
We're all getting A's, right?
Yes.
100
What is a nickname other than sea walnut?
Sea gooseberry
200
What other regions can the comb Mnemiposis leidyi be found? More specifically what marine environment?
Eastern coasts of North and South America. Shallow waters, marshy lands.
200
What type of symmetry does M. leidyi exhibit?
Biradial.
200
What are the common ancestors of Ctenophores?
Cydipids
200
What god-for-saken place did Patti and Sarah spend five hours on a brisk Saturday morning of November?
Quoge Wildlife Refuge
200
M. leidyi have been studied in laboratories for what specific properties?
Bioluminescence and regeneration.
300
Around what time was the Mnemiposis leidyi introduced into the Black Sea?
1970s
300
How many comb plates are there?
Eight
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What is M. leidyis number one predator?
Beroe ovata
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Where else can you buy the field guide other than SCCC?
Quoge Wildlife Refuge
300
How were ctenophores introduced into the Black Sea?
In the ballast tanks of large ships.
400
Though it is reported as being mainly in the epipelagic and mesopelagic, M. leidyi have been reported as being sighted at much greater depths. How is this possible?
Osmoconformers.
400
Are M. leidyi half as wide as they are long?
Yes
400
The fossils that link one of the two classes of Ctenophores date how old?
354+ million years ago.
400
Who would win in a fight, Dan or M. leidyi.
M. leidyi obviously.
400
What Cnidarians use the neumatocyst as a means to capture prey?
Colloblast.
500
What are the three factors that affect M. leidy's location in the marine zones?
Temperature, food abundance, and likelihood of being killed by predators.
500
After the prey is swallowed by the comb jelly, what happens?
It liquidizes in the pharynx by enzymes and through muscular contraction.
500
At what stage in development are M. leidyi capable of reproduction?
Sexual maturity is reached from larval stage to adult stage due to paedogenesis.
500
Dan is free Saturday, 9 P.M., how about you?
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500
How has the introduction of M. leidyi to the Black Sea affected the habitat and society as a whole?
Millions of dollars have been lost in the fishing industry and it is eradicating variation in the environment.