A family of marine animals, ribbon-like comb jellies or ctenophores, characterized by their flattened, belt-shaped bodies.
From Latin cestus ('belt') with the Linnaean scientific suffix -idae (indicating a family in taxonomy). The term was coined to reflect their distinctive morphology.
Cestidae are among the ocean's most ethereal creatures—some species are completely transparent and can only be seen if light hits them just right, making them invisible ghosts of the deep sea.
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