elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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Sea gooseberries (Pleurobrachia pileus) are awesome! We had masses of them washing up on some of our beaches last year. Sea gooseberries are in the Phylum Ctenophora (so not jellyfish!) and they don’t have stinging cells. Instead, their tentacles are sticky and their prey gets stuck before being passed to the Sea Gooseberry’s mouth.
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moley75 · @moley75
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elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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2022 favourite photo roundup - Over the summer there were a few days when the beaches were awash with these beautiful gems. These are sea gooseberries (Pleurobrachia pileus). They may look like jellyfish (phylum Cnidaria) but they are in fact Ctenophores. These are gelatinous like jellyfish, but do not sting. Instead, the sea gooseberry uses sticky tentacles to capture prey.
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#marinebiology #sea #ocean #biology #wildlife #nature #intertidal #seagooseberry #norfolk