You don't have to go far to find alien life... Just look in our oceans 🪼 Enjoy these out-of-this-world, adult lobate comb jellies (Mnemiopsis leidyi) on #CtenophoreCtuesday! Credit video to Mari Bergsvåg & @joanjsoto.bsky.social at @unibergen.bsky.social ✨ #ctenophore #scicomm #combjelly #MarineLife

October 4th (10/04 or "Ten-O-Four") is #CtenophoreDay for those that use the MM-DD format 🪼 Celebrate the occasion by sharing your favorite comb jelly photos and videos throughout the day! And don't forget to add the hashtag #CtenophoreDay to your posts 😊 #ctenophore #combjelly #scicomm #marinelife

Your weekly Bob sighting 🪼 #TeamBob #ctenophore #combjelly #scicomm #Mnemiopsis #MarineLife

Here are some lab-grown comb jelly larvae to brighten your day 🪼 Despite the name, comb jellies are not true jellyfish as they lack stinging cells and, instead, have sticky cells! Credit video to @kevinthiessen.bsky.social. #CtenophoreFunFacts #ctenophore #combjelly #scicomm #TeamBob #MarineLife

Cten days to go until #CtenophoreDay (10-04) 🪼 How will you be celebrating this tentacular event? #combjelly #ctenophore #scicomm #sciart #MarineLife #SciSky 📽️ @montereybayaquarium.org

It’s only three weeks until #CtenophoreDay (10/04), for those with the MM/DD calendar! How will you be celebrating this biannual event? #scicomm #sciart #ctenophore #MarineLife #evolution #EvoDevo #CombJelly

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

Also at Blackpool Sands #Devon, thrilled to see my 1st Sea Gooseberries (Pleurobrachia pileus), less so the alien #invasivespecies Sea Walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi) introduced from West Atlantic in 1980s, likely via ship ballast in Black Sea, which competes with the Gooseberry. #ctenophore #combjelly

Get in the group costume :) #halloween #combjelly