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Write the general characters of the phylum ctenophora.

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  • The animals are marine, diploblastic and radially symmetrical.
  • They have eight external rows of ciliated comb plates which help in locomotion.
  • Bioluminescence is seen. 
  • They lack nematocysts but have lasso cells which help in food capture.
  • Digestion is by both extracellular and intracellular. 
  • Sexual reproduction is seen.
  • Fertilization is external and development is indirect. 
  • Cydippid larva is seen, e.g., Pleurobrachia.

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