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

Christophe Courteau / Lesser gooseberry sea squirts {Distomus variolosus} Brittany France

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...

Sue Daly / Lesser Gooseberry Sea Squirt (Distomus variolosus). Channel Islands, UK, August.

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 (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.

Scott Leslie / Sea Gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus) comb jelly showing bioluminescence, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Sea Gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus) comb jelly with tentacles extended for feeding, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

Ingo Arndt / Sea Gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus) one centimeter, Helgoland, Germany

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