Bioluminescent Comb Jelly

Like many deep sea creatures, this tiny comb jelly (Bathocyroe fosteri) has a transparent body, enabling it to blend into the surrounding waters. This ctenophore is very common around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. More about the deep ocean can be found in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.

Photograph of a transparent comb jelly against a dark sea.
Marsh Youngbluth/MAR-ECO, Census of Marine Life

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more info please!!!

this is it??? really?? id expect a museum to put up more info than this. how bout the uses of bioluminescence for this animal or something

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 11/18/2012 - 2:32am.

need more facts

need more facts

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 9:08pm.

This species is very common

This species is very common around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge & ALSO NOW FOUND IN THE SPENCER GULF IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/03/2010 - 5:49pm.

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