Categorie: Tutti - species - shapes - transparency - colors

da Cristian Lougheed - Hillside Sr PS (1303) manca 1 anno

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Comb Jellies

Various species of comb jellies exhibit a range of physical characteristics that differentiate them from one another. Some species, such as Pleurobrachia bachei and Hormiphora cucumis, are known for their transparency, which can vary from one species to another.

Comb Jellies

Comb Jellies

circular

dose not have visible tenticles
has 2 visible lobes

lighter blue colour

Ocyropsis

not lighter blue

Mnemiopsis

does not have 2 visible lobes

Pleurobrachia bachei

more transparent

Bolinopsis infundibulum

Has visible tenticles
Pleurobrachia pileus

not circular

Pill shaped
opaque

lighter blue

Beroidae

Darker blue

Beroe abyssicola

Is transparent

very transparent

Hormiphora cucumis

not as transparent

Beroe ovata

not pill shaped
Venus girdle