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Jellyfish vs Combjelly - What's the difference?

jellyfish | combjelly |

As nouns the difference between jellyfish and combjelly

is that jellyfish is (zoology) an almost transparent aquatic being; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance while combjelly is .

jellyfish

English

Noun

  • (zoology) An almost transparent aquatic being; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
  • # A cnidarian, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.
  • ## A scyphozoan, a member of the class Scyphozoa (the true jellies).
  • # A ctenophore, a member of the phylum Ctenophora (the comb jellies).

    • Usage notes

    Some writers prefer the term jelly, which does not imply that it is a type of fish.

    See also

    * medusa

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    combjelly

    English

    Noun

    (combjellies)
  • * 1875 , P. H. P. S., “Haeckel’s History of Creation”, Nature , volume 13, page 122:
    • Ctenophora = Combjellies .
  • * 1995 , Sardul S. Guraya, “The Comparative Cell Biology of Accessory Somatic (or Sertoli) Cells in the Animal Testis”, International Review of Cytology , volume 160, page 169:
    • Thin processes of Sertoli cells occur between spermatogenic cells of the ctenophore, combjelly (Beroe ovata ; Franc, 1973).
  • * 2007 , et al., The Rise of Animals , Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0-8018-8679-1, page 239:
    • […]some of the petalonameans share similarities with living ctenophores, the combjellies […].