Happy #CtenophoreDay!

Ctenophores are back. Freshly sampled Mnemiopsis leidyi from Sotra, Norway. These beautiful comb jellies continue to surprise us and are helping reveal new insights into the early evolution of nervous systems. 🌊✨

#CombJellies #Evolution #Neuroscience

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Above is all my Raja Ampat videos starring #ctenophores but the additional species, also at Mansuar Mioskon - seemingly the #RajaAmpat #ctenophore capital! - was this angel of a Lobate #CombJelly, Spot Winged Comb Jellyfish (Ocyropsis maculata). There endeth the rabbit hole! #combjellies #Indonesia

And here also from Mansuar Mioskon is the striking Bolinopsis rubripunctata.

#ctenophore #combjelly #combjellies #Indonesia #rajaampat

We also saw Leucothea Comb Jellies at Mansuar Mioskon, Raja Ampat, here against a curtain of Blue-green Chromis (Chromis viridis)

#ctenophores #ctenophore #combjelly #combjellies #Indonesia #rajaampat

Here's more Leucothea species from Arborek, Raja Ampat - you can see the tentacles quite well.

#ctenophores #ctenophore #combjelly #combjellies #Indonesia #rajaampat

Our run of luck on #CombJellies #Ctenophores in #Devon began on 25 June at Mill Bay #Salcombe with wondrous Northern Comb Jelly (Beroe cucumis). The magical rainbow disco ball effect is structural iridescence caused by the beating of cilia, forming the 8 "comb" rows down its body, to swim it along.🧵