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Definition of Platyctenea
1. Noun. An order of Tentaculata.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Tentaculata, Tentaculata
Member holonyms: Platyctenean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Platyctenea
Literary usage of Platyctenea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"Some of the Lobata, the Cestoidea, and the Platyctenea are more commonly found
in the warmer regions of the world. ..."
2. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"Platyctenea. Ctenophora of creeping habit ; the body flattened in the principal
axis so that a dorsal can be distinguished from a ventral surface. ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"Some of the Lobata, the Cestoidea, and the Platyctenea are more commonly found
in the warmer regions of the world. ..."
4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"Platyctenea. Ctenophora of creeping habit ; the body flattened in the principal
axis so that a dorsal can be distinguished from a ventral surface. ..."