Sea Gooseberry
Related Category: Zoology: Invertebrates
common name for members of the phylum Ctenophora. Sea gooseberries are also called comb jellies.
Comb jellies (Sea Gooseberry, etc.) - 5 species
Sea nettles and other jellyfish - 10 species (thimble jellyfish, Linuche unguiculata)
Siphonophores - 5 species
Sea anenomes - 10 species ...
And speaking of plankton, a plankton tow late in the afternoon produced a jar full of gelatinous comb jellies, or Ctenophores, that keyed out to be a common species called Sea Gooseberry (Pleurobranchia pileus).
Invertebrates
Diet:
other ctenophores, some salps and siphonophores
Size:
varies with species
Range:
varies with species
Relatives:
sea gooseberry, lobed comb jelly; Phylum: Ctenophora ...
The Arctic Sea Gooseberry (Mertensia ovum) is more egg-shaped, flatter, and larger, 2" (51 mm) high and 1" (25 mm) wide. It occurs from the Arctic to the Gulf of Maine, and sometimes in winter to Cape Cod, and in central California.
 See also: Goose, Jellies, Herring, Crustacean, Swallow
  
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