Blood Belly Comb Jelly

By Dr. M, on October 22nd, 2009 4 comments   Organisms, Pictures and Movies   blood belly, comb jelly, Ctenophore, jellyfish, MBARI, Monterey Bay Aquarium, video  

Great video of a comb jelly with its silica plates that are reflecting light.  These plates are aligned in rows or combs and thus the name.  Comb jellies are not jellyfish.  The two are in different phyla, Ctenophora and Cnidaria.  The main difference is that Cnidarians have stinging cells and Ctenophores have the silica plates.

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  October 22, 2009 at 22:30 · Reply

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