Alex Mustard / Planktonic sea walnut ctenophore (Mnemiopsis mccradyi) in open water, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

David Shale / Comb Jelly {Bollinopsis ssp} caught with 1m ring net between 0 and 150m, comb plates, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Comb jelly / Sea gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus) in open water. The feathery tentacles are used for capturing prey and can be extended behind the jellyfish or completely retracted. Loch Carron, Ross...

Juergen Freund / Creeping ctenophore / comb jelly (Coeloplana meteoris) camouflaged on seabed, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Eric Baccega / Luminescent Combjelly (Phylum ctenophora) in arctic waters. Floe Edge, Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, June.

Eric Baccega / Luminescent Combjelly (Phylum ctenophora) in arctic waters. Floe Edge, Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, June.

Eric Baccega / Luminescent Combjelly (Phylum ctenophora) in arctic waters. Floe Edge, Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, June.

Juergen Freund / Starfish comb jelly (Coeloplana astericola) on seabed, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Close up of leg of Starfish comb jelly (Coeloplana astericola) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Starfish comb jelly (Coeloplana astericola) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Close up of leg of Starfish comb jelly (Coeloplana astericola) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Suzi Eszterhas / Comb Jelly (Beroe) Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, USA, Captive

David Shale / Bathypelagic comb jelly (Ctenophora) from benthic boundary layer. Found attached to seafloor by adhesive tentacles. Mid atlantic ridge, June 2010

David Shale / Bathypelagic cyddipid ctenophore / comb jelly (Ctenophora) from benthic boundary layer, mid Atlantic ridge, June 2010

David Shale / Bathypelagic cyddipid ctenophore / comb jelly (Ctenophora) from benthic boundary layer, mid Atlantic ridge, June 2010

David Shale / Bathypelagic comb jelly (Ctenophora) from benthic boundary layer. Found attached to seafloor by adhesive tentacles, Mid atlantic ridge, June 2010

David Shale / Bathypelagic comb jelly (Ctenophora) from benthic boundary layer. Found attached to seafloor by adhesive tentacles. Mid atlantic ridge, June 2010

Juergen Freund / Comb jelly {Ctenophora} Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Warty starfish (Echinaster callosus) on coral reef (with a few Comb jellies (Ceiloplana astericola). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Warty starfish (Echinaster callosus) on coral reef, with a few Comb jellies (Coeloplana astericola) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

David Shale / Comb jelly (Beroe sp) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Comb Jelly {Bollinopsis ssp} caught with 1m ring net between 0 and 150m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Georgette Douwma / Comb jellies (Coeloplana astericola) on a Luzon / orange starfish (Echinaster luzonicus). Rinca, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Comb jelly (Coeloplana astericola) on a Luzon / orange starfish (Echinaster luzonicus). Rinca, Indonesia.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Emperor shrimp (Periclemenes imperator) and Comb jellies (Coeloplana astericola) on a Luzon starfish (Echinaster luzonicus). Bali, Indonesia.

David Shale / Comb jelly {Ctenophora} Gulf of Maine, Atlantic

David Shale / Red Cydippid comb jelly {Ctenophora} mesopelagic, Gulf of Maine, Atlantic

David Shale / Red Cydippid comb jelly {Ctenophora} mesopelagic, Gulf of Maine, Atlantic

David Shale / Red Cydippid comb jelly {Ctenophora} mesopelagic, Gulf of Maine, Atlantic

Juergen Freund / Comb jelly underwater (Ctenophora) Indo-Pacific

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Venus's girdle, marine plankton species (Cestum veneris)

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Comb jelly with syphons visible (Beroe ovata) plankton species, France

Juergen Freund / Blue starfish {Linckia laevigata} with Sessile Comb Jellies attached {Astricola sp} Indo-Pacific

David Shale / (Bolinopsis infundibulum) mesopelagic ctenophore / comb jelly, deep sea Atlantic oceandeep sea

David Shale / (Bolinopsis infundibulum) mesopelagic ctenophore / comb jelly, deep sea Atlantic oceandeep sea

David Shale / Comb jelly (Beroe cucumis), deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / (Bolinopsis infundibulum) mesopelagic comb jelly, deep sea Atlantic oceandeep sea

David Shale / Comb jelly (Beroe cucumis), deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Comb plates of (Beroe sp) comb jelly showing metachronal rhythm, deep sea Atlantic oceandeep sea

David Shale / Comb jelly (Pleurobrachia sp), deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Comb jelly (Beroe cucumis), deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Comb jelly (Pleurobrachia sp), deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Comb jelly (Euplokamis sp), deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Comb plates of (Beroe sp) comb jelly showing metachronal rhythm, deep sea Atlantic oceandeep sea

David Shale / Close up of Black-mouth red cydippid ctenophore (comb jelly) W Atlantic.

David Shale / Black-gut red cydippid ctenophore (comb jelly) with extended tentacles, W Atlantic.

David Shale / Deep sea Comb jelly {Beroe cucumis} from 800metres depth

David Shale / Deep sea Comb jelly {Beroe cucumis} from 800m depth

David Shale / Deep sea Comb jelly {Beroe cucumis} from 800metres depth

David Shale / {Bolinopsis infundibulum} ctenophore (comb jelly) Atlantic. Deep sea species

David Shale / Deep sea Comb jelly {Beroe cucumis} from 800m depth

David Shale / Deep sea Comb jelly {Beroe cucumis} from 800m depth

David Shale / Extended tentacle of Black-gut red cydippid ctenophore (comb jelly) W

David Shale / Deep sea Comb jelly {Beroe cucumis} from 800m depth

David Shale / Black-gut red cydippid ctenophore (comb jelly) with extended tentacles, W Atlantic.

David Shale / Black-mouth red cydippid ctenophore (comb jelly) with extended tentacles, W Atlantic.

David Shale / {Bolinopsis infundibulum} ctenophore (comb jelly) Atlantic. Deep sea species

David Shale / {Bolinopsis infundibulum} ctenophore (comb jelly) Atlantic. Deep sea species

David Shale / Black-gut red cydippid ctenophore (comb jelly) with extended tentacles, W Atlantic.

Solvin Zankl / Comb jelly {Leucothea pulchra}

Jeff Rotman / Comb jelly / Ctenophore {Leucothea sp} Brittany, France

Jeff Rotman / Pelagic Comb jelly / ctenophore {Leucathea sp.}, Red Sea

Jeff Rotman / Sea Gooseberry {Pleurobrachia pileus} at night, Atlantic, USA. Comb jelly / Ctenophora

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Venus's girdle comb jelly (Cestum veneris) Mediterranean plankton

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Comb jelly (Beroe ovata), beating cilia make colour (plankton). France, Mediterranean

Juergen Freund / Comb jelly swimming (Ctenophora).

Juergen Freund / Comb Jelly (Ctenophore)

David Shale / Deep-sea lobate Ctenophore, Gulf of Mexico

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Comb jelly (Beroe ovata) NB Mouth on left. Plankton

Nature Production / Comb jelly {Cestum amphitrites} Indonesia

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Comb jelly (Beroe ovata). Cilia beating create colour. Plankton. France