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--Apple-Mail-3-1053013686 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Paul and all, I think your nice photo is of what most Maritimers call "sea gooseberries" -- you were correct in calling it a comb jelly (Ctenophora phylum), but the Latinized name, I think, is still Pleurobrachia pileus. Mertensia ovum is a new name for Beroe ovum, which is a comb jelly, all right, but is a different one from our common "sea gooseberry"; also Paul's site did not mention phylum Ctenophora for comb jellies, which are distant cousins of jellyfish, sea anemones, & corals). I Googled "sea gooseberry" and got: Sea Gooseberry - Pleurobrachia pileus - Seawater.no www.seawater.no/fauna/ctenophora/pileus.html - Cached 16 Mar 2013 ... Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Ctenophora; Class: Tentaculata; Order: Cydippida; Family: Pleurobrachiidae; Scientific name: Pleurobrachia ... Cheers from Jim, still in B.C. but on my way home..... --------------------------- On 8-May-13, at 7:12 PM, Paul L wrote: > Saw many Arctic Comb Jelly's today at the Bedford waterfront, they > are about 2-4cm and looked bioluminescent (or cilia refracted the > sun?). > > Not sure of the identification, here's a decent close up photo of a > few of them: > http://www.wildlifesightings.net/temp/ArcticCombJellyAquatic.html > > > Paul Lindgreen > Wildlife Sightings http://www.WildlifeSightings.net > Contribute nature sightings and be part of citizen science --Apple-Mail-3-1053013686 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Paul and all, I think your nice photo is of what most Maritimers call = "sea gooseberries" -- you were correct in calling it a comb jelly = (Ctenophora phylum), but the Latinized name, I think, is still = Pleurobrachia pileus. <div><br></div><div>Mertensia ovum is a new = name for Beroe ovum, which is a comb jelly, all right, but is a = different one from our common "sea gooseberry"; also Paul's site did not = mention phylum Ctenophora for comb jellies, which are distant cousins of = jellyfish, sea anemones, & = corals). </div><div><br></div><div> I Googled "sea gooseberry" = and got:</div><div><br></div><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 23.0px = 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" = color=3D"#152cc5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Arial; color: #152cc5"><a = href=3D"http://www.google.ca/url?q=3Dhttp://www.seawater.no/fauna/ctenopho= ra/pileus.html&sa=3DU&ei=3D69iKUdnfG6KgiAKqj4GYCQ&ved=3D0CBoQF= jAB&usg=3DAFQjCNGkJiO9oU87-G5fO6eFwmJwclR6dg"><b>Sea Gooseberry</b> = - Pleurobrachia pileus - Seawater.no</a></font></p><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#46953a" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: = #46953a">www.<b>sea</b>water.no/fauna/ctenophora/pileus.html</font><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#222222" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; = color: #222222"> - <a = href=3D"http://www.google.ca/url?q=3Dhttp://webcache.googleusercontent.com= /search%3Fhl%3Den-CA%26q%3Dcache:JC1fuGoPMmQJ:http://www.seawater.no/fauna= /ctenophora/pileus.html%252Bsea%2Bgooseberry%2Bscientific%2Bname%26gbv%3D2= %26gs_l%3Dheirloom-hp.1.5.0l4j0i22i30l6.14458.18255.0.26590.14.10.0.4.4.0.= 204.604.9j0j1.10.0...0.0...1ac.1.12.heirloom-hp.5vxZta-AixY%26ct%3Dclnk&am= p;sa=3DU&ei=3D69iKUdnfG6KgiAKqj4GYCQ&ved=3D0CBsQIDAB&usg=3DAFQ= jCNGVyALlAQZtlPxZo62vO0PoHcNjtQ"><font color=3D"#152cc5" style=3D"color: = #152cc5">Cached</font></a></font></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: = Arial; font-size: 13px; ">16 Mar 2013 </span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: = Arial; font-size: 13px; "><b>...</b></span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: = Arial; font-size: 13px; "> Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: </span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: = Arial; font-size: 13px; "><b>Ctenophora</b></span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: = Arial; font-size: 13px; ">; Class: Tentaculata; Order: Cydippida; = Family: Pleurobrachiidae; </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; = "><b>Scientific name</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; = ">: Pleurobrachia </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; = "><b>...</b></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; = "><b><br></b></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; = "><b>Cheers from Jim, still in B.C. but on my way = home.....</b></span></div><div>---------------------------</div><div><span= class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); = font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; = "><b></b></span> <br><div><div>On 8-May-13, at 7:12 PM, Paul = L wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: = Calibri; font-size: 16px; "><div dir=3D"ltr">Saw many Arctic Comb = Jelly's today at the Bedford waterfront, they are about 2-4cm and looked = bioluminescent (or cilia refracted the sun?).<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br>Not sure of = the identification, here's a decent close up photo of a few of = them:<br><a = href=3D"http://www.wildlifesightings.net/temp/ArcticCombJellyAquatic.html"= >http://www.wildlifesightings.net/temp/ArcticCombJellyAquatic.html</a><br>= <br><br><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; = padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">Paul = Lindgreen</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; 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