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Observer

muir

Date

Feb 24, 2013 02:20 PM EST

Description

Tens of sluggish-looking jellyfish seen in water by pier.

Photos

Square

What

Common Comb Jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi

Observer

st0rmysea

Date

Sep 19, 2012

Photos

Square

Observer

maractwin

Date

Aug 20, 2005

Photos

P9226296

Observer

davidr

Date

Sep 22, 2012

Photos

P9226283

What

Venus' girdle Cestum veneris

Observer

davidr

Date

Sep 22, 2012

Description

Observed 2 miles offshore, 25' below the surface

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Description from Wikipedia

Tentaculata is a class of comb jellies. The common feature of this class is a pair of long, feathery, contractile tentacles, which can be retracted into specialised ciliated sheaths. In some species, the primary tentacles are reduced and they have smaller, secondary tentacles. The tentacles have colloblasts, which are sticky-tipped cells that trap small prey.

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