Mnemiopsis leidyi (IMAGE)

The University of Bergen

Mnemiopsis leidyi

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Under stressful conditions, the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi can revert from a lobate adult stage to a cyddipid larva, depicted here. 

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Joan J. Soto-Angel

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