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Comb jellies are beautiful, oval-shaped animals with eight rows of tiny comblike plates that they beat to move themselves through the water. As they swim, the comb rows diffract light to produce a shimmering, rainbow effect. ... Relatives: sea gooseberry, lobed comb jelly; Phylum: Ctenophora...
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www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?...
www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?enc=LeWQvjcLBGS+vsO6xgIjKA==
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Brilliant and seemingly glowing, the bloodybelly comb jelly comes in different shades of red but always has a blood-red stomach. The sparkling display on the outside comes from light diffracting from tiny transparent, hair-like cilia.
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www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?...
www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?enc=Z5SIVkZ+n+UqyCBGk8aVMQ==
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This structure holds a statolith that sits on 4 clumps of large sensory cilia (the balancers) and determines orientation of the comb jelly. The pattern of beating of pairs of comb row can then be modified based on stimuli from the balancer cilia to maintain proper vertical orientation or change swimming direction.
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jellieszone.com/ctenophores.htm
jellieszone.com/ctenophores.htm
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Some species of comb Jelly are able to glow with a faint phosphorescent light, generally this is only seen at night. Venus' Girdle (Cestus veneris) is one of the largest species known. Its body is 8 cms wide but 150 cms long and it can swim with a snake like movement in the water.
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www.earthlife.net/inverts/ctenophora.html
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Micscape Magazine for enthusiast microscopy ... Comb-jellies, or sea gooseberries as they are also known, are one of the most beautiful animals the ocean has to offer. They are not related to jellyfish but form a group of their own: the Ctenophores.
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www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay98/comb.html
www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay98/comb.html
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Visual mix: Interstella VJ Music: Sector AB - Supreme Particles Album: Ambient Diary vol.1 - Electrolux Records.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=icKB9EfURhQ
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Earth's first animal was the ocean-drifting comb jelly, not the simple sponge, according to a new find that has shocked scientists who didn't imagine the earliest critter could be so complex. The mystery of the first animal denizen of the planet can only be inferred from fossils and by studying related animals today.
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www.livescience.com/animals/080410-first-animal.html
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Maximum length: 15 cm. Appearance: The jelly in Bolinopsis infundibulum is completely transparent, except with some adults that can have a milkish white colour. On the exterior ... Classification: Bolinopsis infundibulum is a member of the comb jelly group (ctenophora). ... Comb jelly Bolinopsis infundibulum Other names...
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www.vattenkikaren.gu.se/fakta/arter/ctenopho/boliinfu/b...
www.vattenkikaren.gu.se/fakta/arter/ctenopho/boliinfu/boliine.html
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Comb jellies have no tentacles. The large mouth covers most of the end of the comb-jelly. Compare with the sea-gooseberry and Bolinopsis infundibulum .; Depth: Sea-level to unknown depth. Environment: Pelagic.
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www.vattenkikaren.gu.se/fakta/arter/ctenopho/beroe/bero...
www.vattenkikaren.gu.se/fakta/arter/ctenopho/beroe/beroe.html
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