WoRMS taxon details
original description
Mills, C.E. (1987). Revised classification of the genus <i>Euplokamis</i> Chun, 1880 (Ctenophora: Cydippida: Euplokamidae n. fam.), with a description of the new species <i>Euplokamis dunlapae</i>. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65: 2661-2668. page(s): 2662-2666, figs. 1-5 [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source
Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Friday Harbor Laboratories dock
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Type specimen "Ctenophores do not preserve well, so type specimens are not available for further examination." [details]From regional or thematic species database
Diagnosis Diagnosis
Euplokamis with ovate shape (narrowing at the oral end) and somewhat flattened in the tentacular plane. With comb rows extending two-thirds to three-quarters of the body length and the meridional canals extending a short distance beyond the comb rows toward the oral and aboral poles. With red pigmentation at the edges of the comb rows, on the tentacle basal complexes, and on the distal, coiled portion of the tentilla. [details]
From editor or global species database
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