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Cystophora

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Noun1.Cystophora - hooded seals
genus Cystophora
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Phocidae, Phocidae - earless seals
bladdernose, Cystophora cristata, hooded seal - medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters
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Nilsson's team, which has analyzed eyes in other creatures, studied these eyes in the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora, which bob about the roots of mangrove trees in Puerto Rico.
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The organisms used in our tree and the accession numbers for their small subunit rRNA sequences include Artemia salina (X01723), Xenopus laevis (X04025), Mytilus edulis (L24489), Tripedalia cystophora (L10829), Microciona prolifera (L10825), Diaphanoeca grandis (L10824), Rosette agent (L29455), R.
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