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

David Hall / Soft coral ghostgoby (Pleurosicya boldinghi) swimming through Soft coral (Dendronephthya). Shrimp and benthic Comb-jellies (Ctenophora) present, all commensal. Pantar, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Ctenophore (Bolinopsis sp.) in a sea loch, with sun. Loch Fyne, Scotland, Great Britain.

Doug Perrine / Comb jelly / sea gooseberry (Hormiphora palmata) diffracting light through cilia (fine hair-like structures) on the comb rows, Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA.

Doug Perrine / Close-up of Ctenes or Comb plates (Eurhamphaea vexilligera) a translucent gelatinous organism with colors produced by the diffraction of light through cilia. Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA.

Will Watson / Cranefly (Ctenophora pectincornis) on Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), ancient semi-natural woodland, Herefordshire Plateau, England.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Crane fly (Ctenophora ornata), Mechtersheim, Pfalz, Germany. July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Crane fly (Ctenophora ornata), Mechtersheim, Pfalz, Germany. July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Jordi Chias / Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with ctenophore in front of its mouth, south Barcelona coast, Spain, Mediterranean Sea

Graham Eaton / Comb jellyfish (Bolinopsis infundibulum) in shallow water and kelp, Bersoch, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK July

Franco Banfi / Venus girdle comb jelly (Cestum veneris) San Benedicto island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve (Socorro Islands), Pacific Ocean, Western Mexico