Coeloplana loyai explained

Coeloplana loyai is a species of benthic comb jelly.^[1] It is known from the Red Sea and lives as an episymbiont on the mushroom corals Herpolitha limax and Ctenactis echinata. It can be differentiated from congeneric species by their host, colour, and colour pattern.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Coeloplana loyai . 2021 . 867230 . 10 September 2021.
2. Alamaru. Ada. Brokovich. Eran. Loya. Yossi . amp . Four new species and three new records of benthic ctenophores (Family: Coeloplanidae) from the Red Sea . Marine Biodiversity . 46. 1. 2015. 261–279 . 10.1007/s12526-015-0362-4. 14572230 .