Ctenophore biodiversity
Bringing more high quality sequence and physiological data to this unique phylum.
From the open ocean waters of the Gulf Stream to the benthos of the Antarctic penninsula, there are numerous species of ctenophores lacking reliable sequence data, or well-described physiology. Insights into these matters help us to understand these fascinating animals better, and make sense of molecular phylogenetic accounts of the evolution of animal life.
Vampyroctena delmarvensis, the first newly described ctenophore species to include a transcriptome as part of its formal taxonomic description.