Comb Jelly
Related Category: Zoology: Invertebrates
common name for transparent organisms of the phylum Ctenophora.
Invertebrates
Diet:
other ctenophores, some salps and siphonophores
Size:
varies with species
Range:
varies with species
Relatives:
sea gooseberry, lobed comb jelly; Phylum: Ctenophora ...
This comb jelly is a slightly flattened pear shape and has two rounded lobes on each side of the mouth that help it to surround and enclose larger prey.
Discussion Leidy's Comb Jelly has been used in marine laboratories to study bioluminescence and problems of regeneration. Its relative, McCrady's Comb Jelly (M. mccradyi), ranges from Florida through the West Indies.
The phylum Cnidaria was formerly known as Coelenterata, but that name has been abandoned because it included the comb jelly, a tentacle-less marine predator that is not actually a cnidarian.
Salt Gradient Limits the Invasive Comb Jelly
October 24, 2011 " A recently published study shows that due to the low salinity, the invasive comb jelly cannot produce enough eggs to sustain a population in the central Baltic Sea.
 See also: Jellies, Spider, Coral, Cuttlefish, Army ant
  
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