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  • Spanish
    • Medusas de peine
  • Scientific names
    • Ctenophora
  • English
    • Comb Jellies
    • Comb Jellyfishes

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Recent observations

Photos

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

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Observer

maractwin

Date

Aug 20, 2005

Photos

What

Comb Jellies Phylum Ctenophora

Observer

designonze

Date

Oct 28, 2012

Description

Resembled pieces of jelly in the sand, but when I poked it with my flip flops they emitted bright lines along the body rhythmically in response to the stimulus. Found six specimens, with more or less the same size. It was a full moon and low tide night.

Looks so much like an alien coming straight from Pandora...

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

Photos

Square

Observer

nickb42697

Date

Jul 20, 2011

Description

Some Cnidarian ( I think) that was clear, about 3 inches long, and bioluminescent. I found it in a bay at Long Beach Island. also, I have a video, but I don't know how to upload it.

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Photos

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Observer

vishalbhave

Date

Nov 28, 2007 11:45 AM IST
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Description from Wikipedia

The Ctenophora (pronounced /tɨˈnɒfərə/, singular ctenophore, pronounced /ˈtɛnəfɔər/ or /ˈtiːnəfɔər/), commonly known as comb jellies, are a phylum of animals that live in marine waters worldwide. Their most distinctive feature is the "combs", groups of cilia that they use for swimming, and they are the largest animals that swim by means of cilia — adults of various species range from a few millimeters to 1.5 meters (59 in) in size. Like cnidarians, their bodies consist of a mass...

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