Velamen+parallelum

__**Velamen Parallelum**__
 * **Common Name**: none
 * **Class**: Tentaculata
 * **Location**: Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific Oceans
 * **Size**: between 2.5 - 7.5 cm, up to 15 cm
 * **Habitat**: tropical, subtropical, sometimes around reefs
 * **Living Requirements**: mouth is in central area so when feeding the oral edge is forward and tentacles trail behind
 * **Life Cycle**: 3 stages: egg- fertilized egg, larva- hatches after floating on ocean currents, survives on plankton, adult- same as larva, survives on plankton, other microscopic animals
 * **Male and Female**: hermaphrodites
 * **Interesting Facts**: 8 rows of ciliated plates called combs, swims with undulatory movements of body, bioluminescent
 * **Human Impact**: none



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 * Zookeeper: Tori Lopez**
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