A common comb jelly with a spherical body bearing two long retractile branching tentacles, typically occurring in swarms.
侧腕水母
Pleurobrachia pileus, class Tentaculata
Example sentencesExamples
The phylum Ctenophora, which includes the ‘comb jellies,’ ‘sea gooseberries,’ and ‘Venus's girdles,’ is not currently considered to be part of the Cnidaria; however, the two are close relatives.
Despite the fact that the sea gooseberry is gelatinous zooplankton, it looks a lot like a ‘jellyfish’.
This Sea Gooseberry (aka. ctenophore or comb jelly) was swimming in a small rock pool as the tide fell in the morning after a day of strong winds in the North Sea.
Definition of sea gooseberry in US English:
sea gooseberry
noun
A common comb jelly with a spherical body bearing two long retractile branching tentacles, typically occurring in swarms.
侧腕水母
Pleurobrachia pileus, class Tentaculata
Example sentencesExamples
The phylum Ctenophora, which includes the ‘comb jellies,’ ‘sea gooseberries,’ and ‘Venus's girdles,’ is not currently considered to be part of the Cnidaria; however, the two are close relatives.
This Sea Gooseberry (aka. ctenophore or comb jelly) was swimming in a small rock pool as the tide fell in the morning after a day of strong winds in the North Sea.
Despite the fact that the sea gooseberry is gelatinous zooplankton, it looks a lot like a ‘jellyfish’.